Two die, several injured as flyover pillar shuttering comes crashing down in Islamabad
ISLAMABAD – Two labourers were injured after the shuttering of a pillar collapsed at Bhara Kahu bypass project in the capital city on Saturday.
Rescue officials said the incident took place in Bhara Kahu area in Islamabad as the shuttering of a huge pillar of an under-construction bridge collapsed and the labourers were buried under the rubble. Two of the labourers were reported dead while several were injured.
According to the spokesperson of the federal police, three injured labourers had been shifted to a hospital. He said police and the rescue teams were making efforts to rescue others from beneath the debris.
