1st LD-Writethru: 38 confirmed dead, 24 remain missing in China highway bridge collapse
XI'AN, Aug. 2 (Xinhua) -- Thirty-eight people have been confirmed dead and 24 remained missing two weeks after a highway bridge collapse triggered by flash flood in northwest China's Shaanxi Province, local authorities said Friday.
As of 6 p.m. Friday, 25 vehicles have been confirmed to have plunged into the Jinqian River on July 19 after the collapse of a 40-meter-long section of one side of a highway bridge in