UPI quoted officials in China's Hubei Province say five workers were killed Sunday when a train derailed at a coal mine.
The state-run Xinhua news agency reported that 1 person was injured and taken to a hospital near the Shiba mine in Lichuan City,
The cause of the mishap was under investigation.
Xinhua said Shiba is a private mine that employs 200 workers and produces 90,000 tonnes of coal per year. It was not known what effect the derailment would have on the mine's production.
