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SEOUL, Dec. 9 (Xinhua) -- Three workers were killed and four others injured on Saturday after a high-rise tower crane collapsed in western South Korea, local media reported.
The 36-story-high crane snapped in the middle and fell to the ground at about 1:10 p.m. local time (0410 GMT) at a construction site in Yongin city, Gyeonggi province.
At the time of collapse, seven people were working on top of it. Among them, three were killed after it fell down to the ground.
Four others were wounded and taken to a nearby hospital. Among the four, one was in a critical condition.
The exact cause of the accident was still under investigation.
