Containers fall kills 3, injures 5 in Shanghai

2008-05-06 04:33:08 Xinhua English

Rescue workers and policemen work at the site of accident in Baoshan district in east China's Shanghai Municipality on May 6, 2008. Three gardeners were killed and five injured as containers fell from the lorry on a overpass, police said. (Xinhua Photo)

Rescue workers and policemen work at the site of accident in Baoshan district in east China's Shanghai Municipality on May 6, 2008. (Xinhua Photo)

Rescue workers work at the site of accident of containers falling in Baoshan district in east China's Shanghai Municipality on May 6, 2008. (Xinhua Photo)

The containers fell from a lorry is moved away by a trailer in Baoshan district in east China's Shanghai Municipality on May 6, 2008. (Xinhua Photo)

The containers fell from a lorry is moved away by a trailer in Baoshan district in east China's Shanghai Municipality on May 6, 2008. (Xinhua Photo)

The containers fell from a lorry is moved away by a trailer in Baoshan district in east China's Shanghai Municipality on May 6, 2008. (Xinhua Photo)

SHANGHAI, May 6 (Xinhua) -- Three gardeners were killed and five injured in Shanghai Tuesday as containers fell from a lorry on a overpass, police said.

The accident was at 2:40 p.m. at a crossing in Baoshan district, and an accident probe has begun.