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Taipei, July 5 (CNA) The Sanying MRT line, which will connect Dingpu with Yingge via Tucheng, Sanxia and Yingge districts in New Taipei, was 70 percent complete as of the end of June, the city's Department of Rapid Transit Systems said Wednesday, despite construction already being two years behind schedule.
Three workers were killed and two injured after scaffolding at a construction site collapsed in New Taipei City’s Sansia District (三峽), the New Taipei City Fire Department said yesterday.
The incident occurred at about 1pm, when the three-story-high scaffolding collapsed for an unknown reason, the department said.
The construction is part of an elevated section of the MRT metro rail’s Sanying Line.
One of the workers who died in the collapse was from Thailand, while the other two were Taiwanese, the New Taipei City Labor Affairs Department said.
The two injured workers one Taiwanese and one Thai had leg fractures, the fire
/ Staff writer, with CNAThree workers were killed and two injured after scaffolding at a construction site collapsed in New Taipei City’s Sansia District （三峽）, the New Taipei City Fire Department said yesterday.