At least 28 people were killed after a bridge under construction in a popular Chinese tourist town collapsed as more than 100 workers were removing scaffolding, the government said Tuesday.So far, 86 people had been rescued, including 22 who were injured when the bridge spanning the Tuo River in central China's Hunan province collapsed Monday, the official Xinhua News Agency said. Five were in critical condition.
An estimated 123 workers were at the site at the time of the collapse, but rescuers were trying to come up with an exact count.
The cause of the collapse of the 880-foot bridge was under investigation, the Hunan Administration of Work Safety said in a statement posted to the official Gov.cn website. Premier Wen Jiabao ordered a thorough investigation into the accident, China Central Television reported.
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