Photo taken with a mobile phone on Oct. 10, 2012 shows rescuers working at the accident site after an expressway tunnel collapsed at the section of Najia Township in Debao County, along the expressway between Baise City and Jingxi County in southwest China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region. Five people were dead and another injured in the accident, which occurred early Wednesday. Seven people were working within the tunnel under construction when the accident occurred. One escaped and six others were buried, according to local authority. (Xinhua/Ding Wen'gang)
Six were buried as an expressway tunnel under construction collapsed early Wednesday in south China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, safety watchdog said.
The accident happened around 4 a.m. at the section of Najia Township, Debao County, along the expressway between Baise City to Jingxi County, which was under construction, said a spokesman of the region's work safety supervision bureau.
Rescue work is under way and the cause of the accident is being investigated.
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