One teacher and seven students were injured on Friday when a
classroom collapsed at a southwest China primary school, local
education officials said on Saturday.
The accident occurred at around 9:30 a.m. when a moth-eaten wood
girder on the classroom suddenly broke and caused the collapse of
the brick building at Zhongjisi Village in Suining City, Sichuan
Province, burying the eight people, said the officials.
The teacher and seven children, about six years old, were being
treated in hospital and in stable condition, they said.
Further investigation into the accident is continuing.
The rural primary school has eight classrooms and 100
students.
(Xinhua News Agency April 21, 2007)