YICHANG, Aug. 9 (Xinhua) -- Five mining workers died and one was injured Sunday after a train carrying coal from the tunnel to the ground derailed in central China's Hubei Province, local authorities said.

    The accident occurred at 4:30 p.m, at the private Shiba colliery with 200 workers and an annual production of 90,000 tonnes in Wangying Township, Lichuan City, local work safety administration said.

    The injured was treated in a hospital, but his condition was unavailable.

    Local police and work safety officials were investigating the cause of the accident.