One worker was killed and three others injured on Monday morning
at a construction site in Shanghai after a 400-meter-high tower
crane collapsed, local police announced.
At about 9 AM Monday in Pudong District, a worker was testing
the huge tower crane by loosening the screws at the foot of the
machine, triggering the collapse, said the police. A witness said
the crane tumbled onto an unfinished building nearby and crushed
the roof of the building before it hit the ground.
The worker who was testing the crane was crushed to death. Three
other workers, who were buried in the building ruins, were
hospitalized. One of the injured is in a critical condition,
according to local hospital.
Investigations into the accident are underway.
(Xinhua News Agency June 6, 2005)