Call for crackdown on overloaded trucks after deadly highway collapse in China
- Police question senior staff of transport company after one of its vehicles is linked to failure of elevated road
The child and her mother were crushed in their car as the flyover collapsed on top of them in Wuxi, Jiangsu province, on Thursday evening. A single father in another vehicle was also killed by the falling structure.
The elevated road failed under the weight of an overloaded truck, according to an initial police investigation.
The driver of the truck – owned by Wuxi Chenggong Transport – was injured in the incident and in intensive care, The Beijing News reported on Saturday. One other unidentified person was injured.
Two senior Wuxi Chenggong managers were taken away for questioning, according to business news site Jiemian.com.
The elevated highway remained closed on Saturday with an entire section missing, while the road below was cleared and reopened, according to the city’s publicity department.