A construction crane at a work site next to a kindergarten in Beijing collapsed yesterday, killing five children.The official Xinhua News Agency said children playing outside were killed by falling bricks as the crane crashed on to the kindergarten in Zibo city, Shandong province, and damaged its roof. Two children and the crane operator were injured and taken to a hospital, it said.
A preliminary police investigation attributed the accident to poor safety measures and managers of the construction company were detained, Xinhua reported.There were about 100 children in the kindergarten at the time. The area has been cordoned off and police were still investigating.[Oct 12, 2008]
