8 dead in construction elevator fall in E China
Updated: 2016-07-17 07:08
(Xinhua)
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JINAN - An elevator fell from the 18th floor of a construction site and left eight people dead in East China's Shandong province Friday evening, the local government said Saturday.
There were eight people in the elevator when it fell from the 18th floor of an apartment building under construction in Longkou city at around 6:30 pm on Friday, the city government said in a statement.
They were immediately rushed to hospitals but none survived, the statement said.
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