One person was killed and several others were injured as a shed of a hospital under construction collapsed near Taramani in Chennai on July 21 night. All those who were injured and trapped under the debris, including three who suffered head injuries, were rescued.
At least 28 persons have been hospitalized for treatment. While 12 of the injured were sent to the Government Hospital at Royapettah, the others are being treated at a private hospital on OMR.
Those rescued said that 50 of them, mostly migrant workers, were on the site and many of them ran away as the shed started collapsing.
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As officials went about trying to rescue all those who were trapped under the debris of a shed that collapsed at a construction site in Taramani, they were initially hamstrung by lack of information on how many workers were actually employed at the site.
Launching the rescue operations, Kancheepuram Collector P. Ponnaiah said, “We have rescued 17 workers so far; we are not sure if others are still trapped below the debris or not.”
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