SHANGHAI, Oct. 12 (Xinhua) -- One person died and another was injured after a steel tube of a crane cracked in China's largest industry center of Shanghai at midday Sunday.

    The incident occurred at 12:15 a.m. at a construction site of an underground channel in Huangpu District, when the crane was working. A steel tube of the crane suddenly broke and collapsed, hitting two people.

    The dead was a native manager in his 50s, while the injured coming from neighboring Jiangsu Province has been sent to hospital.

    The cause of the incident was under investigation.