3 die as under construction building's part collapses
Staff Correspondent
Three construction workers were killed and 13 others were injured when the under construction main entrance to East West Medical College and Hospital at Kamarpara near Uttara in the capital collapsed yesterday afternoon.The identities of two dead were confirmed as Ashikur Rahman, 35, and Ali Hossain, 40. Another critically injured aged 18 years died at Dhaka Medical College and Hospital last night after he was taken there in the afternoon. Of the injured, two were identified as Shahidul Islam and Abdul Kader while the identities of the rest could not be known immediately. Witnesses said that the under construction main entrance, measuring about 25 feet in height and 30 feet in width, collapsed on the workers working under the gate at 2:10pm. Thirteen workers got trapped under the rubble. Of the two deceased, one died on the spot while the other died on way to hospital. About 25 construction workers were working on the site at the time. Officials from the Fire Brigade and Civil Defence in Tongi thronged the spot immediately and rescued the trapped workers. The injured were taken to local clinics and to Tongi Hospital. The construction work of the medical college has been going on for four years. It is suspected that use of substandard construction materials caused the collapse.
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