5 dead, 1 injured in SW China road accident

14:52, February 21, 2021

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  Six dead in gold mine accident

  Photo: China DailySix people died in a fire-related accident early Wednesday morning as workers conducted equipment maintenance at a gold mine in Zhaoyuan, a county-level city in Yantai, Shandong province, Zhaoyuans information office said.Four workers were saved and lifted out of the mine following the accident, which occurred at about 6 am. They are in stable condition and in hospital for medical observation.Liu Jiayi, Party chief of Shandong, arrived at the site at noon and urged rescuers to spare no effort and use every means to search for those missing.The search work was completed by 5 pm, after the bodies of four people initially missing were found.The gold mine, in the town of Xiadian, started production in 1990, according to information on the Zhaoyuan government website. An investigation into the accident is underway.Last month, an explosion at another gold mine in Yantai led to the deaths of 10 miners, with one still unaccounted for. Eleven others were rescued after being trapped underground for two weeks.

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  China sees 70-pct drop in road accidents with casualties over holiday

  The number of road accidents which resulted in casualties during the week-long Spring Festival holiday went down by 70 percent from the same period in 2019, the Ministry of Public Security said Friday.The ministry added that police officers secured 145 large-scale public activities, 31 fireworks sho

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  Death toll in India bus plunge rises to 45

  At least 40 passengers were killed and several others went missing on Tuesday after a bus carrying them skidded off the road and plunged into a canal in the central Indian state of Madhya Pradesh, officials said.Seven people survived the accident and among them, some swam safely to the bank and othe