Crane collapse kills one, injures one in Shanghai

10/12/2008 12:13:42 AM   Source:Xinhuanet    Author:    [Font Size:Bigger Middle Smaller]

One person died and another was injured after a steel tube of a crane cracked in China's largest industry center of Shanghai at midday Sunday.

The incident occurred at 12:15 a.m. at a construction site of an underground channel in Huangpu District, when the crane was working. A steel tube of the crane suddenly broke and collapsed, hitting two people.

The dead was a native manager in his 50s, while the injured coming from neighboring Jiangsu Province has been sent to hospital.

The cause of the incident was under investigation.

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