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Trash pile collapse kills four in SW China
(Xinhua)
Updated: 2009-10-16 23:08

CHONGQING: Three adults and a two-year-old girl were killed after a huge pile of trash collapsed in Chongqing Municipality Friday, the local government said.

Three woman were collecting used plastic bottles at a rubbish yard in Yunfeng Village of Huayan Township on Friday afternoon.

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However, the pile of trash suddenly collapsed and toppled a wall of the yard, burying the trash collectors and a baby, daughter of one of the collectors.

The four were dead when they were found by rescuers in the rubble at about 5 pm, according to the government of Huayan.

Police were investigating the accident.