Photo taken on April 23, 2013 shows the accident site of a landslide in Qinggangpo township of Sinan county, Southwest China's Guizhou province. [Photo/Xinhua]
A truck is buried in the landslide in Qinggangpo township of Sinan county, Southwest China's Guizhou province, April 23, 2013. [Photo/Xinhua]
The death toll following a landslide on Monday night in southwest China's Guizhou Province rose to 11 when two more bodies were retrieved on Wednesday morning, sources with the local emergency command center said.
The landslide occurred around 10 p.m. on Monday, burying construction workers who were repairing a road damaged by a previous landslide in Sinan County.
The accident also left two workers injured, one of them seriously. Both of the injured workers are now in non-critical conditions, sources said.
Search and rescue work ended on Wednesday, and scores of villagers nearby have been relocated to safety, according to the sources.
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