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印尼发生吊桥坍塌事故 3人死亡

At least three people have died and 17 others have been injured after a bridge collapsed in Borneo, Indonesia.

印度尼西亚婆罗洲一座桥梁坍塌,至少3人死亡、17人受伤。

The bridge was reported to be the longest in Borneo
The bridge was reported to be the longest in Borneo
A bus, cars and motorcycles plunged from the bridge, which connects Tenggarong and Tenggarong Seberang town, into the Mahakam River below.

The bridge, 720m long and completed in 2002, is reported to be the longest suspension bridge(吊桥) in Borneo.

Witnesses described survivors screaming as they swam to the shore after the bridge gave way(倒塌) .

Many of the injured were reported to be suffering from head wounds.

Rescuers found the bodies of three men who had apparently drowned in the river, while 17 others were taken to Parekesit hospital in Tenggarong, the capital of Kutai Kertanegara district.

The bridge was built to resemble(类似) San Francisco's Golden Gate Bridge. The cause of the collapse was not immediately clear.