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1 killed, 14 injured in truck crash

ONE person was killed and 14 injured in a road accident near a construction site in the Dongtan Wetlands of Hengsha Island yesterday morning, Chongming officials said.

The 15 construction workers were traveling in a pickup truck when it crashed into the rear of a crane and fell sideways into a ditch around 7am.

A woman died at the scene and 12 injured workers were taken to Changhai Hospital in Yangpu District.

Four workers were treated for multiple fractures and one suffered a ruptured spleen.

One of the injured, Chen Xinxiang, 48, said: “I fell from the truck with the others, and packs of cement loaded on the truck fell on us,” Chen told Shanghai Daily.




 

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