Seven workers They lost their lives and Others nine are missing after cable breaking in bridge under construction in northwest Chinahe said an official media.

Fifteen workers and foreman were at the construction site under construction of a bridge, which joins two areas on the shores of the yellow river, in the province of Chingha, when a wire broke, around 03:00 in the morning (22:00 Thursday Greece), the day said.

The bridge, where trains pass through, combines construction methods, is vaulted and also has net pillars.

Pictures published by the people’s day shows the unfinished bridge, the central part of which has not yet been completed, framed by two huge scaffolding and cranes.

An investigation and rescue operation is under way, according to the newspaper.

Construction accidents are common in China, as construction projects are countless in the huge country, while maintenance of security regulations is in many cases inadequate.

In December, 13 people were declared missing after a collapse of a railway construction site in Senzen, a metropolis in the southern part of the Asian giant. No survivor was mentioned.