Rescuers search for bus following plunge off bridge in China

Rescuers are using an underwater robot to try to locate a bus which plunged into the Yangtze River after colliding with a car on a bridge in southwest China's Chongqing Municipality.

underwater robot, bus rescue, Yangtze River, China's Chongqing Municipality

Source: SBS

Search and rescue services are using a robot to find a bus that plunged off Yangtze River after it collided with a car.

Rescuers had to retrieve the robot which only dove down about 30 meters. Surveillance cameras show more than 10 people, including the driver, were on the bus when the accident occurred.

 


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