3 women workers killed, 2 injured after gravel falls on them

PTI

India, All India

The women were clearing the gravel, which they had kept on one side of the road, when it fell on them.

The women were part of a work force which was laying a road in the village under the Rural employment generation scheme, police said. (Representational Image)

Karimnagar: Three women labourers were killed and two injured when a huge mound of gravel fell on them while they were undertaking some work at Kustapur village in the district on Tuesday, police said.

The women were clearing the gravel, which they had kept on one side of the road, when it fell on them, they said.

The women were part of a work force which was laying a road in the village under the Rural employment generation scheme, police said.

The injured women have been hospitalised and are out of danger, they said.

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