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       Expressway Collapses in Southern China Amid Heavy Rains, Killing 24

       The road gave way in the early morning in an apparent landslide. At least 30 other people were injured, many of them seriously.

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       Rescuers working at the site of a collapsed expressway in the Chinese city of Meizhou on Wednesday, in a photo released by Xinhua News Agency.Credit...Xinhua News Agency, via Associated Press

       By Joy Dong and Keith Bradsher

       Joy Dong reported from Hong Kong, and Keith Bradsher from Beijing.

       May 1, 2024Updated 8:26 a.m. ET

       A nearly 60-foot segment of an expressway in a rural area of southeastern China collapsed before dawn on Wednesday after days of heavy rain, killing 24 people and injuring 30 others.

       Photos released after the incident appeared to show that a landslide had begun under two lanes of an expressway that ran along the side of a hill. A wide, brown scar of mud ran down the side of the hill between bright green foliage, leaving a large gap in the expressway.

       Vehicles lay jumbled at the base of the hill below the hole, blackened and still smoking from a fire that had burned vigorously during the night, drawing a large number of fire trucks to the area.

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       Keith Bradsher is the Beijing bureau chief for The Times. He previously served as bureau chief in Shanghai, Hong Kong and Detroit and as a Washington correspondent. He has lived and reported in mainland China through the pandemic. More about Keith Bradsher

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