Casualties from a crane accident at a power station
building site in southwest China's Yunnan
Province rose to 13 on Tuesday, according to local government
sources.
The crane collapsed at Tiansheng Bridge Hydropower
Plant, under construction, on Monday afternoon, killing 10 people
on the spot and leaving another five seriously injured.
The government of Funing County, in Wenshan Zhuang
and Miao Autonomous Prefecture, confirmed the three additional
deaths to Xinhua News Agency yesterday.
Funing's government sent 60 officials to deal with
the ongoing investigation into the accident's cause and
compensation claims.
(Xinhua News Agency August 3, 2005)