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Two killed at Shanghai rail construction sites
(Xinhua)
Updated: 2009-01-09 09:36 SHANGHAI -- Two people died here on Thursday in two separate accidents at rail construction sites, local officials said.
A crane driver died at 10:30 a.m. after the crane overturned at the city's Line 9 urban rail, which is under construction, said an official with the local work safety bureau. Just an hour later, a fire broke out 20 meters underground at a construction site on Line 11, killing one worker and injuring six others, according to the fire brigade. The fire was put out at about 1 p.m.. The injured workers have been hospitalized. Authorities are investigating the causes of the accidents. |