State media reports that a truck carrying fireworks has exploded on an elevated highway in central China, killing scores of people and causing part of the road to collapse,
The explosion occurred on national expressway G30 near the city of Sanmenxia in central Henan province at about 8.52am, according to the state-run China Daily, causing an 80-metre (260ft) section of the bridge to collapse and sending vehicles plummeting 30 metres to the ground.
Search and rescue efforts are ongoing.
Lighting fireworks is a traditional part of Chinese new year celebrations,
which begin this year on 10 February.
Word for the day: Cherish your visions and your dreams as they are the children of your soul, the blueprints of your ultimate achievements." -Napoleon Hill
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