At Least 5 Killed After Barge Hits Bridge Near China’s Guangzhou, Plunging Vehicles in Water

The site where a container ship hit Lixinsha bridge, plunging vehicles into the waters, in Guangzhou, Guangdong Province, China, on Feb. 22, 2024. China Daily via Reuters

BEIJING—At least five people were killed after a barge collided with a bridge over a waterway in China’s Pearl River Delta near Guangzhou city, causing part of the bridge to break off, plunging vehicles into the water, Chinese state media reported on Thursday.

The barge was travelling from Foshan city to a southern district of Guangzhou when it crashed into the bridge at 5:30 a.m. (2130 GMT) on the Hongqili Waterway, the Guangzhou Maritime Safety Administration said in a statement.