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As Super Typhoon Yagi led to incessant rain in Vietnam after landfall last Saturday, a bridge in the northern part of the country collapsed on Monday. A chilling video capturing the moment when the Phong Chau Bridge, connecting Lam Thao and Tam Nong districts, collapsed and a truck plunged into the Red River emerged on social media.
The viral video shows the truck almost on the edge of the bridge — in the blink of an eye the structure collapses and the vehicle drops into the river. However, a man riding a motorcycle manages to brake and stop his two-wheeler at a safe distance. The bridge’s collapse was also captured from another angle, which showed a part of its metal frame plummeting into the river’s strong currents.
The BBC cited Deputy Prime Minister Ho Duc Phoc saying that as many as 10 cars and two scooters fell into the Red River as the Phong Chau bridge collapsed.
Sharing the video on X, Al Jazeera English wrote, “Dramatic video captures the moment a truck plunged into a river after a bridge collapsed in Vietnam after heavy rains caused by Typhoon Yagi.”
Watch the video here:
Many users shared their reactions to the viral video in the comment section. A user wrote, “Nowadays bridges are falling everywhere, it seems contractors are building bridges with mud. It’s a man made disaster.” Another user commented, “The bike guy is really really lucky no doubt God saved him, bad for the truck guy I hope he’d make it alive.”
“sad for that unlucky driver, hope he is all fine,” a third user reacted.
According to VnExpress, three people have been rescued and as many as 13 people are still missing. “The number of deaths and missing persons is currently unaccounted for, as the camera footage does not clearly show how many people were in each vehicle,” VnExpress quoted Lieutenant General Pham Duc Duyen, Political Commissar of Military Region 2.
Super typhoon Yagi, Asia’s most powerful storm this year, claimed the lives of at least 49 people in northern Vietnam and wreaked widespread havoc on infrastructure, Reuters reported
