On June 15, 2007 (May 1, 2007 in the lunar calendar), the Jiujiang Bridge in Foshan, Guangdong was broken. Picture: Jiujiang Bridge was broken. At 5 am on June 15, 2007, the pier of the middle section of the Jiujiang Bridge in Foshan, Guangdong, on National Highway 325 was broken by a sand carrier that deviated from the main channel, causing the bridge deck to collapse about 200 meters, pressing the bow of the sand carrier. Reporter: Audience friends, I am now at the scene of the bridge collapse. Behind me, you can see that about 200 of the bridge deck has collapsed. The towing ropes for the bridge have also disappeared. Now we can see that more than a dozen large ships are stuck on the river surface and cannot pass through the bottom of the bridge. 15 minutes after the incident, the Guangdong maritime department successfully rescued all 10 crew members on board, and two of the injured people have been sent to the hospital for treatment. At present, the people on board have been controlled by the police. Whether there are pedestrians and vehicles falling into the water, the relevant departments are verifying one by one through the bridge surveillance video and on-site underwater scanning. This afternoon, the accident investigation team of the Ministry of Communications has rushed to the scene to launch an investigation. After the accident, the Guangdong traffic police department implemented traffic control and diversion measures on the Jiujiang Bridge section, and reminded drivers passing through this section to detour to Guangshan Expressway, and all vehicles entering and leaving the western Guangdong area were diverted to Foshan-Kaiping Expressway. The Jiujiang Bridge in the South China Sea crosses the Xijiang River. It is a large highway bridge on National Highway 325, with a total length of 1,682 meters. It was completed and opened to traffic in 1988.