SW China oil pipe broken in construction site accident

Three people were injured and an oil pipe was broken Tuesday night after an accident at a highway construction site in southwest China's Guizhou province, rescuers said on Wednesday.

Around 10 p.m. Tuesday, a construction tower collapsed at a section of the Shanghai-Kunming high-speed railway construction site in Pingba County of Anshun city, injuring three people and damaging an oil pipe nearby, said rescuers.

The three injured people have been sent to a local hospital, and more than 110 rescuers were repairing the broken pipe and clearing the site.

The accident caused oil leak from the broken pipe, which belongs to a branch of the country's largest oil refinery Sinopec.

The site is about 30 meters from the Shanghai-Kunming railway, and some residential houses were built nearby.

Local government authorities have adopted emergency measures such as shutting off the valves of the broken pipe to stop the leak and removing residents who live within a radius of two kilometers from the site.

Rail authorities have suspended passenger and freight railway services from Anshun to the provincial capital of Guiyang.

A provincial joint investigation team has been formed to look into the accident, and overall safety inspections are being carried out across the province.