"CRANE ships and frogmen began sifting through the wreckage of a collapsed bridge in Indonesian Borneo yesterday, as more bodies were fished out of the river, raising the death toll from the weekend disaster to 18.
Authorities have still given no reason for the cause of Saturday's tragedy, when a 720-metre-long bridge — built to resemble San Francisco's Golden Gate — collapsed over the Mahakam river and dumped dozens of vehicles into the water. But police said they had talked to witnesses and would also question the construction and maintenance firms.
"We recovered this morning five bodies which were floating in the water," East Kalimantan province police chief Bambang Widaryatmo told reporters, adding that dozens of people were still believed missing. The disaster also injured 39 people, authorities said."
Authorities have still given no reason for the cause of Saturday's tragedy, when a 720-metre-long bridge — built to resemble San Francisco's Golden Gate — collapsed over the Mahakam river and dumped dozens of vehicles into the water. But police said they had talked to witnesses and would also question the construction and maintenance firms.
"We recovered this morning five bodies which were floating in the water," East Kalimantan province police chief Bambang Widaryatmo told reporters, adding that dozens of people were still believed missing. The disaster also injured 39 people, authorities said."
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