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Eight trapped in collapsed tunnel in SW China

(Xinhua)
Updated: 2010-02-05 19:23
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GUIYANG: Eight workers were trapped in a collapsed tunnel early Friday morning along the Guiyang-Kunming railway line near Liupanshui City in southwest China's Guizhou Province, a local official said Friday.

Long Qiufang, secretary-general of the Liupanshui city government, said the rescue was still underway on Friday afternoon.

"Rescuers heard someone knocking inside the tunnel at around 3:50 pm," Long said.

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The workers were constructing the second line of Liupanshui-Zhanyi section of the Guiyang-Kunming railway when the tunnel collapsed at 1:26 am, he said.

The 639-kilometer railway links Guiyang, capital of Guizhou, with Kunming, capital of southwest China's Yunnan Province. It was built in the 1960s and was put into operation in December 1970.
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