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10-tonne-crane collapses, 4 killed at high-speed rail in China

&$ &$A construction vehicle is doing the clearing operations at the accident site after a 10-tonne gantry crane collapsed at a construction site of the Beijing-Shanghai High-speed Railway in Jiading District of Shanghai, east of China, Aug. 19, 2009. A... ...full story at People's Daily

from People's Daily on Thu, Aug 20 2009

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