Dìzhèn zhōng dǎotā de fángwū zásǐle hǎo jǐ gè rén.
Houses collapsing in the earthquake crushed several people to death.
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grammar
Resultative verb compound: 砸 (smash) + 死 (die/dead) = 'smash and the result is death.' Same V-死 pattern as 打死 (beat to death), 撞死 (hit to death by collision), 压死 (crush to death by weight).