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One killed after bus stops collapse in heavy snowfall in Anhui

chinadaily.com.cn | Updated: 2018-01-04 14:58

A traffic policeman standing on a bus lifts electricity wire to help other buses pass underneath it after the wire fell over due to heavy snowfall in Hefei, East China's Anhui province, on Thursday.[Photo from web]

One person died and dozens were injured after 5 bus stops collapsed due to heavy snowfall in Hefei, East China’s Anhui province, on Thursday morning.

A 61-year-old woman died and around 20 others were rushed to hospital after a billboard on a bus stop fell on them.

Heavy snowfall began to sweep the province since Jan 3 and the provincial observatory raised the snowstorm alert to red in five cities and counties at 5:58 am Thursday.

 

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