Report says 100 people taken to hospital; bus, cars and motorcycles went into water
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| People search for victims after a bridge collapsed in the town of Samarinda, East Kalimantan, on Indonesia's Borneo island Saturday. Spot Community / AFP - Getty Images |
Capt. Syafii Nafsikin said search and rescue teams rushed to the scene.
The death toll could climb, he said, adding that many people were believed to be injured.
The bridge linking the towns of Tenggarong and Samarinda in East Kalimantan province was clogged with traffic when the accident occurred, Syaiful, a witness, told local TV station TVOne.
'Screaming'
He said he saw at least one bus and a dozen motorcycles plunge into the Mahakam river and survivors swimming to the shore in panic. Several cars were mangled.
"Everyone was screaming," said Syaiful, who like many Indonesians uses only one name.
It wasn't immediately clear why the 10-year-old bridge collapsed.
The Indonesia Today website reported about 100 people were taken to hospital.
It carried a photograph that showed how a section of the large suspension bridge had fallen into the water.
The website said that the 0.6-mile bridge was known locally as "Kalimantan's Golden Gate Bridge."
Indonesia Today reported the bridge was built between 1995 and 2001 by state-owned construction firm PT Hutama Karya.
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