Banihal/Jammu: A 26-year-old worker from Bihar was killed after he accidentally fell to the ground from an under construction pillar of a bridge in Jammu and Kashmir’s Ramban district on Wednesday, police said.
The labourer named Mohammad Israil was working on the bridge pillar at Ramsoo along the Jammu-Srinagar National Highway when he lost balance and fell to the ground, said a police official.
The official said that the injured labourer was rushed to the Ramban district hospital where he later succumbed to his injuries.
The labourer’s co-workers protested the lack of adequate safety measures at the site and demanded adequate compensation to the next of kin of the deceased, he added.
Worker falls to death in Ramban
