CHINA – At least 7 people died and 9 went missing on Friday after Yellow River bridge collapse during construction on the Sichuan-Qinghai Railway in Qinghai province. The collapse was a result of a cable breakage according to local reports.

Search operation for the missing people who fell into the water is underway as emergency teams arrived at the spot.

The bridge, located at the border between the Jianzha county in the Huangnan Tibetan autonomous region and Hualong Hui autonomous county in Haidong, Qinghai, is the first steel truss arch railway bridge in China to cross the Yellow River.

The construction of the bridge’s cable towers was completed on June 14, with the joining of the structures scheduled for this month.