Crane collapse kills six, injures one in east China

Source: Xinhua| 2017-05-30 16:48:59|Editor: Hou Qiang
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JINAN, May 30 (Xinhua) -- Six people were killed and another injured Tuesday when a gantry crane collapsed in a railway construction site in east China's Shandong Province.

The accident occurred at about 11:40 a.m. when workers were dismantling the gantry crane at the Shijiazhuang-Jinan railway construction site in Jinan, capital of Shandong Province.

Five people died at the scene. Another died in hospital.

An investigation of the cause of the accident is underway.

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