VIDEO: Truck carrying fireworks explodes on busy Chinese highway killing 26

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A truck carrying fireworks in central China exploded on Friday morning, destroying an expressway bridge and killing at least 26 people.

The explosion occurred on national expressway G30 near the city of Sanmenxia in central Henan province at about 8.52am, according to the state-run China Daily, causing an 80-metre (260ft) section of the bridge to collapse and sending vehicles plummeting 30 metres to the ground.

At least 15 people are thought to have been injured in the accident, the Henan Commercial Newspaper reported.

Pictures posted online show a highway strewn with rubble, a red truck teetering on the edge of the broken highway, and a pile of wrecked vehicles on the ground far below. Click below for full story - 

 IMAGE: Reuters