TAIYUAN, Oct. 11 (Xinhua) -- Three people were killed in a construction site collapse on Wednesday in northwest China's Shanxi Province, local authorities said Thursday.
The accident occurred around 6:50 p.m. at a Xinfei Group construction site in the village of Maojiazhuang in Liulin County, sources with the county's press office said.
All three workers died after they were sent to a local hospital, the sources said.
An investigation into the cause of the accident is underway.
It was the country's third scaffolding collapse within a week.
On Tuesday, a scaffolding collapse killed five people at a construction site in Xi'an, capital of northwest China's Shaanxi Province.
On Sunday, a similar collapse in Fuzhou, capital of southeast China's Fujian Province, left two dead and two others injured.
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