A labourer was killed, and four others sustained injuries after loose soil collapsed on them while they were digging a trench to lay telecom cable in Madhya Pradesh's Morena district on Saturday, police said.
The incident occurred near the Chambal water project site in Jaderua village under the Nurabad police station area, an official said.
He said a group of workers were digging a trench to lay a telecom cable at a private site when the soil caved in and trapped them.
According to eyewitnesses, police and villagers managed to rescue the trapped men, but one of them, Kallu Singh (40), died by the time he was brought out.
Dr Krishna Yadav of the district hospital said three other labourers sustained fractures and injuries to their chest and jaw.
The incident occurred near the Chambal water project site in Jaderua village under the Nurabad police station area, an official said.
He said a group of workers were digging a trench to lay a telecom cable at a private site when the soil caved in and trapped them.
According to eyewitnesses, police and villagers managed to rescue the trapped men, but one of them, Kallu Singh (40), died by the time he was brought out.
Dr Krishna Yadav of the district hospital said three other labourers sustained fractures and injuries to their chest and jaw.
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