Related News

Home » Nation

4 students crushed to death by falling wall

FOUR middle school students were killed this morning when a campus wall collapsed in Hengyang County, central China's Hunan Province.

The six students were walking along the brick wall of Huishui Middle School when it suddenly toppled upon them and buried them under rubble, China News Service reported.

Two died at the scene; one died on the way to the hospital and another died in the hospital despite rescue efforts. Two other wounded students are still being treated in the hospital.

Local government officials said the wall collapsed due to several days of torrential rain.





 

Copyright © 1999- Shanghai Daily. All rights reserved.Preferably viewed with Internet Explorer 8 or newer browsers.

沪公网安备 31010602000204号

Email this to your friend