There are reports that a subway tunnel being built for the Beijing 2008 Summer Olympic Games collapsed Wednesday burying six workers who are feared dead. The tunnel was designed for a station exit.
Beijing News quoted a construction worker as saying, “there is both concrete and earth above the workers so the chances of survival are almost zero”.
A contractor reportedly tried to conceal the collapse from authorities by sealing off the site and confiscating the workers’ cell phones.
The 25-km line has reported several floods and cave-ins in the past and two people were killed in a collapse in June.
Four subway lines and a light rail project linking to the airport are now under construction. Construction is expected to finish two months ahead of the Games, which starts next August.
