Fireworks for Chinese New Year celebrations have exploded on a lorry in central China, destroying part of an elevated motorway and sending vehicles plummeting 100ft to the ground.

Rescuers are trying to reach 50 miners trapped after a cave-in at a coal pit in central China, official say.

Rescuers pulled seven injured miners to the surface and were trying to reach 50 others trapped after a rock explosion in a coal mine in central China, state media reported.