1 dead, 9 injured in construction site collapse
Xinhua | Updated: 2013-02-02 00:46
ZHENGZHOU - One person was killed and nine others injured Friday evening after a wall collapsed at a construction site in Zhoukou City, in central China's Henan Province, the city government said.
As of 10:00 p.m., two people were still missing at the passenger coach station construction site, the government press office said.
At around 7 p.m., the wall collapsed while concreting work was being carried out.
Fifteen workers were on the site when the accident happened and four of them evacuated safely.
The injured people are receiving medical treatment. Rescuers are searching for the two missing workers.
The cause of the accident is under investigation.
