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Collapsed decorated archway kills two in Hangzhou

August 13, 2012
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Xinhua | By Agencies

Photo taken on Aug. 12, 2012 shows the scene of a decorated archway toppling accident in Hefang Street, a busy commercial area and tourism destination in Hangzhou, capital of east China's Zhejiang Province. Two people were killed and several others injured after a decorated archway, or pailou, suddenly toppled down Sunday morning in Hangzhou. Photo: Xinhua

Photo taken on Aug. 12, 2012 shows the scene of a decorated archway toppling accident in Hefang Street, a busy commercial area and tourism destination in Hangzhou, capital of east China's Zhejiang Province. Two people were killed and several others injured after a decorated archway, or pailou, suddenly toppled down Sunday morning in Hangzhou. Photo: Xinhua

Photo taken on Aug. 12, 2012 shows the scene of a decorated archway toppling accident in Hefang Street, a busy commercial area and tourism destination in Hangzhou, capital of east China's Zhejiang Province. Two people were killed and several others injured after a decorated archway, or pailou, suddenly toppled down Sunday morning in Hangzhou. Photo: Xinhua

A victim's body is carried away from the scene of a decorated archway toppling accident in Hefang Street, a busy commercial area and tourism destination in Hangzhou, capital of east China's Zhejiang Province, Aug. 12, 2012. Two people were killed and several others injured after a decorated archway, or pailou, suddenly toppled down Sunday morning in Hangzhou. Photo: Xinhua

File photo taken on April 6, 2012 shows the now collapsed decorated archway in Hefang Street, a busy commercial area and tourism destination in Hangzhou, capital of east China's Zhejiang Province. Two people were killed and several others injured after the decorated archway, or pailou, suddenly toppled down on the morning of Aug. 12, 2012 in Hangzhou. Photo: Xinhua

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