A four-year-old girl was killed by a bulldozer during a land grab dispute in Zhangpu county, South China's Fujian Province on Wednesday.

A publicity officer from Duxun township, Hu Xiaojun, said that the case happened at a road leading to a construction site, the Strait Herald reported.

Hu said the local government had finished the land acquisition, and the land of the girl's family was not acquired, but workers still dumped mud and rocks onto the land, which caused the dispute.

Chen Caijiao, the girl's grandmother, said that she was there to talk with workers not to dump rocks on the land.

"It's an accident," said Su Yinglun, deputy director of the Zhangpu publicity office.

A statement from the Zhangpu county government said the bulldozer driver did not see the girl and reversed the vehicle, hitting the girl. After the accident, the girl was sent to Duxun hospital where she succumbed to her injuries.

Global Times