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Trafic « très perturbé » sur la ligne B du RER

L'histoire du jour Un pont édifié par un aveugle s'effondre en Chine Par Reuters LIBERATION.FR : mardi 12 juin 2007 Deux responsables locaux ont été condamnés par un tribunal à des peines de prison pour avoir laissé un entrepreneur aveugle superviser la construction d'un pont. Le pont en question s'est effondré en plein chantier, blessant 12 personnes, selon l'agence de presse Chine nouvelle. Huang Wenge, chef de la localité de Bujia, dans le provence de Jiangxi (Sud-Est), et son collègue Xia Jianzhong ont été condamnés respectivement à dix-huit mois et à un an de prison. «Quand ils ont su que le pont était construit par un aveugle, ils n'ont pas arrêté le chantier», écrit l'agence.

Accident de bus « hors du commun » à Paris • Le Figaro

Accident de bus « hors du commun » à Paris Le Figaro, le 14/8 Un véhicule de la RATP a percuté un arbre dans le XIXe arrondissement. Quatorze personnes ont été blessées, dont deux sérieusement. Le taux d'alcoolémie du chauffeur est négatif.

PEKIN (AP) - Au moins 29 personnes sont mortes mardi dans le centre de la Chine à la suite de l'effondrement d'un pont en construction dans la ville touristique de Fenghuang, selon les autorités. L'inauguration était prévue pour la fin du mois.

L'accident, le deuxième du genre en deux mois, met en lumière les dangers d'infrastructures construites à la va-vite, à moindre coût, souvent avec la complicité active ou passive des autorités locales.

(...) Le pont venait tout juste d'être achevé et des ouvriers s'affairaient à en retirer des échaffaudages en acier quand il s'est écroulé.




De source AlJazeera.net

NEWS ASIA-PACIFIC Many dead in China bridge collapse AlJazeera.net The incident comes as state media reported that China would fix more than 6,000 damaged or dangerous bridges across the country. An editorial in the China Daily warned that thousands of bridges had been categorised as "unsafe". "If left unrepaired these bridges may crumble at any time, wreaking economic havoc and possibly claiming human lives," it said. The 320-metre concrete bridge being built across the Jiantuo river in Hunan province was scheduled for completion later this month. It collapsed as workers were removing scaffolding from its facade, the Xinhua news agency said. Haut de 42 mètres et long de 320 m, l´ouvrage, qui enjambe la rivière Tuo, dans le comté de Fenghuang, s´est écroulé hier pour des raisons encore indéterminées sur une portion d´autoroute. Trente-neuf personnes sont portées disparues. (...) En tout 123 ouvriers se trouvaient sur le chantier, qui devait être achevé ce mois-ci, rapporte Chine nouvelle. Les ouvriers étaient en train de "démanteler les échafaudages d´acier érigés pendant la construction", précise-t-elle. Cet accident intervient alors que le gouvernement chinois vient d´annoncer que plus de 6000 ponts, dangereux ou abîmés, allaient faire l´objet de réparations. De source actus du monde, lematin.ch

29 killed in China bridge collapse
(Xinhua)
Updated: 2007-08-14 21:55

FENGHUANG, Hunan -- The death toll from a collapsed bridge in central China's Hunan Province has risen to 29 after rescuers retrieved seven more bodies from the debris Tuesday afternoon.




De source China Daily


The road bridge, which was being constructed over the Tuojiang River in Fenghuang county, collapsed at 4:40 p.m. on Monday, blocking the Fenghuang-Daxing highway. At least 123 workers were at the site, according to earlier calculations, but more than 1,560 rescuers are still trying to determine the exact number.

A total of 86 people have escaped or been rescued, of whom 22 were injured, including five who are still in critical condition, said sources with the local rescue headquarters.

Construction of the 328-meter-long, 42-meter-high bridge was scheduled for completion this month and workers have been dismantling steel scaffolding erected during the construction process since mid July.

Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao issued an order to local governments and relevant departments "to do the utmost to carry out rescue and treatment work and handle properly the aftermath of the accident".

Wen also told them to "find out the cause of the collapse and severely punish those responsible."

The construction project, involving an estimated investment of 12 million yuan (1.6 million U.S. dollars), belongs to Fengda company based in Tujia and Miao Autonomous Prefecture in western Hunan, with the contractor of the provincial Road and Bridge Construction (Group) Ltd. Co. (RBC)

Local police have detained Xia Youjia, construction manager on behalf of RBC, and project supervisor Jiang Ping.

All technical data about the bridge has been sealed up for examination.

Frightened Survivors

"We didn't see any sign of a problem before the tragedy," said a member of staff at a scenic site close to the bridge who declined to be named, "I heard the sounds of the crash and before I could realize what was happening, I saw the bridge fall slowly and become a pile of rocks."

Sitting by the Tuojiang River, 29-year-old Tian Jing, who was working to build the bridge, is still in shock. He came to work at the bridge from Tuanjie village in Fenghuang only a month ago.

"I was dismantling the scaffolding when some pebbles fell down, " he recalled. Only minutes later he heard someone shouting, "The bridge is collapsing." Tian ran for cover but his fellow villagers were not as lucky.

"Three of my fellow villagers were buried in the debris," he said, "they are dead."

Mechanical diggers and sniffer dogs are being used to locate the missing workers.

Yang Long, a villager from Jinping village whose home was just a dozen meters from the site, said he had seen several bodies being dug out from the debris. "Their arms and legs were broken, only linked with skin," he said. The discoveries were accompanied by shouts and cries from relatives of the workers.

More than 120 doctors and nurses are present at the site, while more have been summoned for the rescue operation.

"The bulk of the collapsed bridge was huge and it is very difficult to recover the missing buried under the rocks," said Luo Ming, vice Party Secretary of Fenghuang County.

Fenghuang, in western Hunan and 700 kilometers away from the provincial capital Changsha, is home to the Tujia and Miao ethnic minorities and a famous tourist destination.

Slim Chance of Survival

A team of around 20 members, including State Councilor Hua Jianmin, Minister of Communications Li Shenglin, State Administration of Work Safety director Li Yizhong and Vice Minister of Construction Huang Wei, arrived at the site Tuesday afternoon to oversee rescue efforts. Governor of Hunan Province Zhou Qiang was also at the site.

Yang Jun, a doctor in charge of emergency medical treatment at the site, told Xinhua that "the missing had slim hopes of survival due to possible deadly wallops by falling rocks and lack of food and water under the debris amid the hot weather."

More than 10 medical workers disinfected the section of the Tuojiang River near the collapse site on Tuesday to prevent any epidemic from the human deaths.

Wang Pingwen, a worker with the Fenghuang Disease Control and Prevention Center, said they would keep monitoring to ensure drinking water safety of residents.

PARIS (AFP) - Le trafic était "très perturbé" mardi sur la ligne B du RER et l'interconnexion SNCF-RATP était suspendue à la gare du Nord en raison d'un accident de la route intervenu à la hauteur de la Courneuve-Aubervilliers vers 09h00 mardi, a annoncé la SNCF. La circulation des trains est suspendue dans les deux sens entre Paris-Nord et le Bourget. Des navettes ferroviaires circulent entre Le Bourget et Aéroport Charles de Gaulle 2 TGV et entre Le Bourget et Mitry-Claye. En outre un service de bus directs (sans arrêt dans les gares intermédiaires) relie Paris-Nord à Aéroport Charles de Gaulle 2 TGV. Un camion transportant des gravats a percuté un pont à la hauteur de la Courveneuve-Aubervilliers. Il est resté en équilibre sur le pont mais son chargement s'est déversé sur les voies. Le relevage du camion accidenté était en cours, ajoute la SNCF.

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