Five Chinese children killed by falling crane
BEIJING (Reuters) - Five children were killed and two injured when a crane fell on a village kindergarten in China's eastern Shandong Province Friday, said Xinhua.
The construction crane collapsed onto the roof of the neighbouring kindergarten, where five children playing outside were hit by falling bricks and killed, it said.
A preliminary police investigation attributed the accident to poor safety measures, while police said managers of the construction company had been detained, said Xinhua.
At the time of the accident, there were 100 children in the school, which is situated in Liujia Village in Zibo City.
Two children and the crane operator were injured and taken to hospital, according to the Zibo government.
A witness said several ambulances rushed many injured children to hospital and local police had cordoned off the area.
(Reporting by Kirby Chien; Editing by Sanjeev Miglani)
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