Pune: A daily wage earner (25) was killed and another (30) suffered severe injuries after a large mound of soil crashed on them during construction work on Pune-Solapur highway at Rajwadi village in Indapur taluka, about 75 km from the city, on Friday morning.Pune Rural police identified the deceased as Masharul Shaikh. The injured worker, Nareem Akhtar, was admitted to a govt hospital in Indapur.An Indapur police officer said the accident occurred around 10.15am, when construction of a retaining wall near a bridge on the highway was on. The work is part of a national highway project.“Of the six men engaged in the construction work, three of them had gone to have tea. While the three men were working, a mound of loose soil suddenly collapsed. Two workers were trapped under it, while the third man had a narrow escape,” the officer said.Local residents rushed to the spot and began rescue operations. “They pulled Akhtar out of the soil and shifted him to the govt hospital in Indapur,” he said, adding that rescue teams later recovered Shaikh’s body from the debris.Deputy chief minister Sunetra Pawar said in a post on X that the administration had immediately reached the spot and launched rescue operations. She said a detailed investigation into the incident would be conducted.
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