At least 1 killed in collapse of Chinese subway tunnel
Last Updated: Saturday, November 15, 2008 | 11:43 AM ET
CBC News
A car is lifted from a flooded subway tunnel after it collapsed in Hangzhou on Saturday. (Associated Press)At least one person died and 16 were missing after the collapse of a partially built subway tunnel Saturday in eastern China, state media reported.
A 20-metre-wide section of road over the construction site gave way, trapping workers below, a local official in the city of Hangzhou said.
Nineteen people were hurt and taken to hospital, the official Xinhua News Agency said.
The cave-in created a huge crater in which more than 10 vehicles plunged, the local official said.
Xinhua said about 2,000 rescuers were struggling to pump water out of the tunnel and search for those who remained trapped.
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