CHENGDU, Oct. 26 (Xinhuanet) -- Seven children were killed and another 37 injured in a trampling accident that happened Tuesday evening at a primary school in Tongjiang County, southwest China's Sichuan Province, sources with the county government said Wednesday morning.

    Five of the 37 injured students are still in critical conditionand the rest out of danger, the sources added.

    At around 8:00 Tuesday evening, after an evening class students swarmed into a staircase at the Guangna Town Central Primary School of Tongjiang County. Something happened and the ensuing panic trampling resulted in seven kids killed and another 37 injured.

    According to a deputy head of the county surnamed Zhao, the five now still in critical condition were traumatized by squeezing and pressing. Part of the remaining 32, who had parenchyma wounds, are hospitalized.

    Cause of the accident is under investigation. Enditem