Eastday-5 confirmed dead after collapse at building site

 FIVE workers have been confirmed dead and 17 others were injured after a concrete platform under construction collapsed in Shanghai's Pudong New Area on Monday night, the city government said yesterday.

More than 30 people were working at the site of a five-story parking lot and train maintenance depot for the under construction Metro Line 12 in Pudong's Jinqiao area when the accident happened at around 9pm.

A number of workers were buried under falling scaffolding when the platform collapsed, according to one worker who escaped with minor injuries.

Eastday-5 confirmed dead after collapse at building site 

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