Minor Among 5 Killed After Truck Unloads Sand On Shed At Construction Site in Maharashtra's Jalna

After the shed collapsed and under the weight of the sand, the driver fled the scene. A girl and a woman were rescued from the debris.

Five labourers, including a minor were killed after a tipper truck unloaded sand on their temporary shed at a construction site on Saturday. The incident occurred in the early hours of the day at the site of a bridge project at Pasodi-Chandol in Jafrabad tehsil in Jalna in Maharashtra.

According to a PTI report, the victims were asleep in a makeshift shed at the site when the sand-laden tipper arrived. The truck driver was unaware of the labourers who were asleep and unloaded the sand on the shed itself, burying them.

After the shed collapsed and under the weight of the sand, the driver fled the scene. A girl and a woman were rescued from the debris.

A case has been registered, and efforts are underway to trace the driver.

As per the report, the deceased have been identified as Ganesh Dhanwai, 60, and his son Bhushan Dhanwai, 16, both residents of Golegaon in Sillod tehsil, and Sunil Sapkal, 20, a resident of Padmavati in Jafrabad tehsil. Two other victims are yet to be identified.

Meanwhile, in Delhi, two sanitation workers were killed and another was said to be in a critical condition after they inhaled toxic fumes while cleaning a sewer in Narela on Friday. The incident occurred between 12:15 pm and 12:30 pm near Mansha Devi Apartments, Pocket 6.

The deceased were identified as Vijay Mochi, 36 and Nandu, 44 were working inside the sewer when they lost consciousness due to asphyxiation. It said that Anil Kumar, 37, who was overseeing the work, also entered the sewer in an attempt to rescue the two but he too was affected by the fumes and collapsed inside.

All three were taken to Satyawadi Raja Harish Chandra Hospital, where doctors declared Vijay and Nandu dead upon arrival. The workers were employed at a private company, which had assigned them to the task.