Highway collapse in southern China kills at least 36 people

Rescuers work at the site of a collapsed road section of the Meizhou-Dabu Expressway in Meizhou, south China's Guangdong Province, Wednesday, May 1, 2024. ©Xinhua News Agency via AP

A section of a highway collapsed after heavy rains in southern China, sending cars tumbling down a slope and leaving at least 36 people dead, authorities said on Thursday.

Thirty other people had injuries, none of them life-threatening, a government statement said.

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