Workers fill a cave-in with cement at a subway construction site in Dongguan city, South China's Guangdong province, Aug 13, 2015. One worker died after a 300-square-meter area collapsed at the site. A car was also swallowed into the hole during the collapse on Wednesday. The accident also caused water and gas pipelines to burst. (Photo: China News Service/Chen Jimin)
One person was killed after an inter-city railway construction site collapsed on Thursday in south China's Dongguan City, Guangdong Province.
The cave-in was in Changpingdadao Street in Changping Township and covered an area of more than 300 square meters. The victim was a construction worker who was working underground, the township government said.
More than 200 residents in nearby apartment buildings were evacuated.
The site has been cordoned off. Further investigation is underway.
