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2 killed as water tower collapses in China school

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Press Trust of India Beijing
Two students have been killed and four others injured when a water tower at a school in central China's Hunan Province collapsed.

The tower, an elevated tank storing water, collapsed yesterday on the campus of Anshan Middle School in Xinning, killing one student on the spot.

An injured student who was admitted to a hospital died today, state-run Xinhua news agency reported.

Another four injured students are in a stable condition in hospital, it said.

The principal and a deputy principal of the school have been suspended from their posts pending an investigation.

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First Published: Jun 01 2016 | 11:13 AM IST

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