On December 28, a mountain collapse occurred at a high-speed construction site in Pingle County, Guilin City, Guangxi Province, resulting in at least 4 deaths.
According to reports from Chinese state media, the accident happened at the construction site of the Pingzhao Highway Section 2 in Zhangtan Village, Pingle Town, Pingle County. The collapsed area covered approximately 2000 square meters, trapping 4 construction workers. By the early hours of the 29th, when they were rescued, they had all shown no signs of life.
As of now, the authorities have not officially announced the cause of the collapse.
Family members of the victims have left messages online expressing their grief, “My niece and her husband died here, it’s really tragic, they have two underage children.” “Two of them are my nephews.” “One of them is my uncle.”
Some netizens have questioned, “It didn’t rain, how did the landslide happen?” One netizen replied, “Excavation for the highway construction caused the collapse.”
Some netizens reflected, “We have to admit that infrastructure development can damage the structure of the mountains, so we still need to control infrastructure development without traffic pressure.” “The sorrow of humanity! Humans alter the natural environment, and the natural environment changes your life!”