Rescue workers on Thursday night recovered the remains of one of
the workers who were trapped when a Beijing subway construction
site collapsed on Wednesday, China News Service reports.
The six trapped workers were given a slim chance of survival
when part of the construction site for the new No. 10 Subway Line
in the Haidian District collapsed on them at 9:20 AM on
Wednesday.
The Beijing Times on Friday reported that the
preliminary investigation suggests there has been a cover-up. The
officials working at the construction site attempted to rescue the
trapped workers themselves, rather than reporting it
immediately.
The relatives of the trapped workers started arriving in Beijing
on Thursday and are staying at a hotel in the north of the
city.
Several construction workers claim they saw cracks and loose
soil at the site of the accident on Tuesday, before it
collapsed.
Rescuers say the section that collapsed covers around 20 square
meters. It's about 11 meters below the ground.
The cause of the collapse is under investigation.
Rescue operation is
being carried out to save six workers who were buried underground
after a subway construction site collapsed in Beijing on Wednesday
morning, March 28, 2007.
(CRI, Xinhua News Agency March 30, 2007)
