The steel single-arch bridge located in a fishing port on Taiwan’s eastern coast collapsed on Tuesday morning. Footage shows the tanker trying, and failing by seconds, to reach the end of the bridge as the massive 140-meter construction falls down onto several fishing boats. The bridge had stood in the small Yilan County fishing village since 1988.

Taiwan:six people trapped as oil tanker falls onto boats in dramatic bridge collapse pic.twitter.com/ykY72tR77f https://t.co/OKff6EeR3Q

— Atlantide (@Atlantide4world) October 1, 2019

A towering arch bridge over a bay in eastern #Taiwan collapsed, 5 feared missing https://t.co/tXKUuD58gC pic.twitter.com/ISYz8fkY4K

— Asia Bulletin News (@asia_bulletin) October 1, 2019

Local authorities are yet to complete the rescue operation, with preliminary reports saying at least a dozen people were hurt.

(SOURCE: RUSSIA TODAY)