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Five workers missing in sea in S China
(Xinhua)
Updated: 2011-06-14 19:16
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SHENZHEN - Rescuers in south China's Guangdong Province are searching for five road construction workers who were thrown into the sea after a machine malfunctioned on Tuesday, according to local work safety authorities.
Six workers at the construction site of a seaside expressway in the city of Shenzhen in Guangdong fell into the sea waters, said a spokesman with the municipal administration of work safety.
By 4 pm, one worker had been rescued while five others remained missing, said the spokesman.
The work safety authorities are conducting further investigations into the accident.