Mountain collapse kills 6 in SW China's Chongqing Photo taken on April 14, 2012 shows the debris in a mountain collapse accident in so...

Mountain collapse kills 6 in SW China's Chongqing

Photo taken on April 14, 2012 shows the debris in a mountain collapse accident in southwest China's Chongqing Municipality. (Xinhua)

CHONGQING, April 14 (Xinhua) -- Six people were killed and another two wounded in a mountain collapse Saturday morning in southwest China's Chongqing Municipality, local authorities said.

A section of a mountain near the Egongyan Bridge collapsed at 1 a.m. Saturday, crushing nearby work sheds and killing six people inside, said an official with the city government.

The victims were employees of a construction company and a lighting company.

The injured only suffered minor wounds, said the official.

Authorities are probing the cause of the tragedy.