At least 5 dead in east China subway tunnel collapse

A car is seen lifted from the crater caused by the subway tunnel collapse in Hangzhou city, east Chinas Zhejiang province, Saturday, 15 At least five people were killed and 15 more were trapped when a half-built subway tunnel in the eastern Chinese city of Hangzhou collapsed, leaving a huge crater that also engulfed the subway tunnel. At least five people were killed and 15 more were trapped when a half-built subway tunnel in the eastern Chinese city of Hangzhou collapsed, leaving a huge crater that also engulfed 11 vehicles, state media said on Sunday (November 16). Workers building the new metro system scrambled to escape the slow cave-in on Saturday (November 15), which left a pile of jumbled steel poles jutting out of a gaping giant crater and a half-built subway tunnel in the eastern Chinese city of Hangzhou collapsed, leaving a huge crater that also engulfed 11 vehicles, state media said on Sunday (November 16). of a gaping giant crater and forced the evacuation of nearby homes.(Photo by AFLO)[0815].