India News | Labourer Killed as Mound of Soil Collapses in Trench

Panaji, Oct 16 (PTI) A 28-year-old labourer was killed when a mound of soil dug out of a trench collapsed on him when a sewer line was being laid near Panaji on Monday, police said.

The contractual labourer, identified as Angad Pandit, was working for a Smart City Mission project in Raibandar area when the incident occurred, an official said.

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"The labourer got trapped under the debris when a sewer line was laid in the trench. He was pulled out by rescuers immediately but had died by then," he added.

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