China subway tunnel collapse kills 3

Beijing: At least three people were killed and 17 more were trapped when a subway tunnel in the eastern Chinese city of Hangzhou collapsed, state media reported on Sunday.

Workers building the new metro system scrambled to escape the slow cave-in on Saturday.

"Lots of workers immediately rushed to the hoist to be lifted above ground," said Zhu Juzhong, a worker.

"Some colleagues who moved slowly were buried," the official Xinhua news agency quoted him as saying.

Of the three dead, one was a worker and one was a taxi passenger. The third has not been identified, the report said.