Four workers killed at construction site in Vizag

VISAKHAPATNAM: Four workers died after a mud wall at a construction site collapsed at VIP Road in the city on Thursday morning. According to the police, the four workers were working on construction of the retaining wall when a huge pile of mud collapsed, trapping all of them.

The police were able to unearth all four bodies of the construction workers from the debris after a four-hour search. The deceased include two persons from the neighbouring state of Odisha and one each from Srikakulam and the city.

As per the preliminary investigations, police said that water was seeping through the mud wall and the construction workers had noticed it, but continued with their work. However, subsequently the mud fell on the construction workers, who were engaged in bar-bending work at the site. There were nine other construction workers at the site during the time of the incident but they had a lucky escape as were working in another part of the same site.

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Four workers killed at construction site in Vizag