Workers Found Dead In Flooded Zhuhai Tunnel

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2021-07-19 HKT 22:28

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  • Early on Thursday, water suddenly leaked into the Shijingshan tunnel. File photo: AFP

    Early on Thursday, water suddenly leaked into the Shijingshan tunnel. File photo: AFP

Three of 14 workers who have been trapped in a flooded highway tunnel for six days so far in Zhuhai were found dead, the local government said.

The tunnel is part of a major expressway in Zhuhai in Guangdong province, linking the coastal city to a bridge to neighbouring Macau and Hong Kong.

Early on Thursday, water suddenly leaked into the Shijingshan tunnel, which is being built under a reservoir, trapping the workers more than a kilometre from the entrance.

On Monday afternoon, rescuers found the two dead workers at about 1,060 metres and 1,070 metres from the tunnel's entrance, the Zhuhai government said on its official WeChat account.

Since then, the body of one other worker has been retrieved.

As of 8am on Tuesday, rescuers were 856.1 metres into the tunnel, 303.9 metres from where workers were trapped, Huang Zhihao, mayor of Zhuhai city, said at a news conference.

The vast tunnel was still underwater, although the overall water level has dropped since last week.

The accident was the second in the tunnel since March, when a collapsed wall killed two workers. (Reuters)

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Last updated: 2021-07-20 HKT 10:19

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