India News | Two Killed as Beam of Under-construction House Collapses
Get latest articles and stories on India at LatestLY. : Two persons met with a tragic end after the concrete beam of an under-construction house collapsed over them in this north Kerala district on Tuesday afternoon.
Kannur (Ker), Apr 5 (PTI): Two persons met with a tragic end after the concrete beam of an under-construction house collapsed over them in this north Kerala district on Tuesday afternoon.
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The incident happened at Chathothukulam near Chakkarakkal here.
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One of the deceased was identified as Krishnan (59), the owner of the newly built house and the other was a construction worker, whose details were being collected, police said.
The tragedy happened when the concrete beam suddenly fell off from the first floor of the two-storey building and collapsed over the duo crushing them fatally, they said quoting eye-witnesses.
The other details could be ascertained only after getting the post-mortem report, police added.
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