Four people were killed when a road collapsed in Shenzhen, Guangdong province, on Monday, Nanfang Daily reported on Tuesday.

A hole about 10 meters wide and 2 meters deep appeared at the gate of Shenzhen Huamao Industrial Zone at about 9 pm on Monday.

Witnesses said that several people fell into the hole and one person managed to escape.

Firefighters and policemen arrived at the scene almost immediately and a man was pulled to safety, the official Weibo site of the Shenzhen Longgang government said on Tuesday morning.

The man was taken to hospital, and his injuries were not life-threatening, doctors said.