China sends vice premier to oversee recovery effort after road collapse kills 48

Rescuers and excavators working at the site of the incident (Wang Ruiping/Xinhua via AP)

China has sent a vice premier to oversee recovery efforts and urged better safety measures after a road collapse killed at least 48 people in the country’s mountainous south.

The official Xinhua News Agency on Friday said vice premier Zhang Guoqing had “stressed sparing no effort in carrying out rescue and relief work.”