Nine Trapped In Collapsed Tunnel In SW China

Nine trapped in collapsed tunnel in SW China

Nine workers were trapped when a railway tunnel under construction collapsed on Thursday morning, local authorities said

KUNMING, Sept 14 (UrduPoint / Pakistan Point News - 14th Sep, 2017 ) : Nine workers were trapped when a railway tunnel under construction collapsed on Thursday morning, local authorities said. The tunnel entrance in the Xishuangbanna Dai Autonomous Prefecture collapsed at about 10:20 a.m., the information office of the prefecture government said in a statement.

A rescue operation is under way. The tunnel is part of a railway that connects Yuxi and Mohan in Yunnan.