Four children have been killed and 14 others injured in a crush on a staircase at a primary school in central China's Hubei province, state media has reported.
The incident occurred around 5.40am local time when more than 80 students gathered on the staircase between the first and second floor waiting to be let out of the dormitory building of the Qinji Elementary School, according to state television CCTV.
Without waiting for the teachers to unlock the iron gate at the entrance to the building, the students pushed, causing the loosely-attached gate to fall, the report said.
Two boys and two girls died in hospital, and seven out of the 14 injured are still in hospital, with three of them in a critical condition, it added.
A man leans down to talk to a little girl caught in the crush The principal of the Qinji Elementary School - a four-storey building built in 1990 - has been taken into custody.
Du Yongjie, principal of the Xueji Central Elementary School, to which the Qinji school is affiliated, said teachers were supposed to open the gate at about 6am every morning, but the students were so excited that they woke up early on Wednesday after their first night at the boarding school.
When teachers heard the noise and rushed to the site, it was already too late, he added.
"It (the rush) lasted about five minutes. The gate was locked for the safety of pupils living there. Girls of grades five and six lived there. The gate to the dormitory is locked after the students go to bed," said Mr Du.
"So the students woke up earlier (than usual). Earlier than usual. Usually we don't have such things. They usually wake up after 6am," he added.
An investigation into the incident is under way.
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