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Death toll rises to 5 in construction platform collapse

时间：2012-03-12 03:44:21

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 　　NANJING, March 10 (Xinhua) -- Three more workers died in hospital, bringing the death toll1 to five in platform collapse2 at a construction site in east China's Jiangsu Province.

　　By 11 p.m., four others injured were still receiving treatment, and among them, one was in critical condition, said a spokesman with the Funing county government.
　　Nine workers were working on the platform when it fell at about 11:10 a.m. at the site of a company manufacturing facilities for offshore3 wind power farm in Funing county, said the spokesman. Two of them died on the scene.
　　Three of the relevant managers have been in police custody4 and the cause of the accident is being investigated.

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1 toll LJpzo     
n.过路(桥)费；损失，伤亡人数；v.敲(钟)
参考例句：
  • The hailstone took a heavy toll of the crops in our village last night.昨晚那场冰雹损坏了我们村的庄稼。
  • The war took a heavy toll of human life.这次战争夺去了许多人的生命。
2 collapse aWvyE     
vi.累倒；昏倒；倒塌；塌陷
参考例句：
  • The country's economy is on the verge of collapse.国家的经济已到了崩溃的边缘。
  • The engineer made a complete diagnosis of the bridge's collapse.工程师对桥的倒塌做了一次彻底的调查分析。
3 offshore FIux8     
adj.海面的，吹向海面的；adv.向海面
参考例句：
  • A big program of oil exploration has begun offshore.一个大规模的石油勘探计划正在近海展开。
  • A gentle current carried them slowly offshore.和缓的潮流慢慢地把他们带离了海岸。
4 custody Qntzd     
n.监护，照看，羁押，拘留
参考例句：
  • He spent a week in custody on remand awaiting sentence.等候判决期间他被还押候审一个星期。
  • He was taken into custody immediately after the robbery.抢劫案发生后，他立即被押了起来。

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