Father-daughter duo among three miners killed in Uttarakhand Father-daughter duo among three miners killed in Uttarakhand
23 Dec 2017 11:29 PM IST
Rudrapur (Uttarakhand): Three labourers, including a father-daughter duo, were killed when a heap of earth collapsed on them while they were mining in a field in Udham Singh Nagar district, police said on Saturday.
Two other labourers were injured when the incident occurred in the field in Sultanpur Patti in Bajpur in Kosi river area of the district yesterday, a senior police official said.
Layers of earth were removed with great difficulty by other workmen to pull out the labourers, Additional Superintendent of Police, Kashipur, Jagdish Chandra said.
"While three of them died on way to the hospital, two labourers who suffered serious injuries are still battling for their lives at a hospital in Kashipur," the ASP said.
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