Taiwan bridge collapse: Death toll climbs to 5, 1 still missing

Searchers in Taiwan have recovered five bodies and are looking for one more person missing from three fishing boats that were struck when a bridge collapsed into the water below, authorities said Wednesday.

The National Fire Agency said two of the dead were Indonesian and another was Filipino.

The identities of the other two dead have not yet been determined, reports AP.

Taiwan's military deployed a floating platform to help workers remove debris and try to extract two of the boats from under collapsed sections of the bridge.

The third boat was recovered the previous day.

All the victims are believed to be fishing boat workers.

The 140-meter (460-foot) -long arched bridge collapsed Tuesday into a bay on Taiwan's east coast, about 60 kilometers (40 miles) southeast of Taipei, the capital. A typhoon swept by the island earlier, but the weather was sunny when the bridge collapsed, and it wasn't clear if the storm was a factor.

Ten people were taken to hospitals with injuries, including the Taiwanese driver of an oil tanker truck that fell off the bridge. The other nine are Filipino and Indonesian fishermen, with one, an Indonesian, in serious condition, Taiwan's official Central News Agency said, citing an employment agency that recruited the workers.