Fatal accident claims five lives at Henan construction site

Five were killed in an accident at a South-to-North Water Diversion Project construction site in Central China's Henan province, officials said on Monday.

The incident took place at 8:51 pm on Sunday at the construction site of the Changyuan section of the water diversion project, the Changyuan city emergency management department said on its website.

The leader of the company involved has been detained. Efforts are underway to clean up after the accident and investigate the cause of the accident.