4 dead, 3 injured in building collapse in east China

2011-10-07 02:38:02 GMT2011-10-07 10:38:02(Beijing Time) Xinhua English

Photo taken on Oct. 6, 2011 shows the collapsed hotel gateway in Yifeng, east China's Jiangxi Province. Four workers were killed and three others injured when an arch over a hotel gateway collapsed here at 12:45 p.m. Thursday. (Xinhua)

NANCHANG, Oct. 6 (Xinhua) -- Four workers were killed, with another three injured, when an arch over a hotel gateway collapsed on Thursday in east China's Jiangxi Province, local authorities said.

The accident occurred at 12:45 p.m., when seven workers were building the gateway arch, in the county of Yifeng, said a spokesman with the county government.

Two were killed on the spot and another two died in hospital. It was not immediately known whether the injuries of the other three were life-threatening, he said.

The cause of the accident is under way.

Firefighters work on to rescue a worker buried under the collapsed hotel gateway in Yifeng, east China's Jiangxi Province, Oct. 6, 2011. Four workers were killed and three others injured when an arch over a hotel gateway collapsed here at 12:45 p.m. Thursday. (Xinhua)

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