Seven workers were killed on the spot at a real estate development site in Nanyang, a city in central China's Henan Province, when a lift framework being dismantled collapsed suddenly on Tuesday afternoon.

The accident took place at the Jinjiang International High-Rise Residential Building on Wolong Road, Nanyang City, when the seven workers were dismantling the structure, Xinhua learned on Wednesday from local sources.

A special team comprising staff from different government departments of Henan Province arrived at Nanyang to make investigations into the accident, according to information from Henan Provincial Bureau of Construction.

(Xinhua News Agency June 6, 2007)