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11 killed in middle school gym roof collapse in northeast China

Eleven people have been killed after a roof collapsed in a middle school gymnasium. [ource: Getty Images]

Eleven people have been killed in a roof collapse in a middle school gymnasium that took place on Sunday in Qiqihar City, northeast China's Heilongjiang Province, rescuers said Monday.

All 15 trapped were pulled out as the last trapped person was found Monday morning without vital signs, the rescue headquarters for the accident said at around 10 a.m. Monday.

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