GUANGZHOU - Six workers died and three others were injured in a cave-in accident at a construction site in south China's Guangdong Province on Sunday, local government said.
The cave-in occurred at about 10:20 am when nine people were constructing an underground parking lot in the city of Xinyi, and all of them had been dug out by 5:30 pm, said a spokesman with the city.
Six were dead despite medical efforts, and the injuries of the other three were not life-threatening, the spokesman said.
The cause of the accident is under investigation.
