Shenzhen road collapse kills four

Updated: 2013-05-21 16:45

By Fan Feifei (chinadaily.com.cn)

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Four people were killed when a road collapsed in Shenzhen, Guangdong province, on Monday, Nanfang Daily reported on Tuesday.

A hole about 10 meters wide and 2 meters deep appeared at the gate of Shenzhen Huamao Industrial Zone at about 9 pm on Monday.

Witnesses said that several people fell into the hole and one person managed to escape.

Firefighters and policemen arrived at the scene almost immediately and a man was pulled to safety, the official Weibo site of the Shenzhen Longgang government said on Tuesday morning.

The man was taken to hospital, and his injuries were not life-threatening, doctors said.