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Ooty/Tamil Nadu: In a tragic incident, Six labourers were died on spot after a portion of an under-construction house collapsed on them in Tamil Nadu’s Nilgiris district on Wednesday. The incident unfolded when the workers were working at the construction site in Lovedale near Ooty.
Two more workers were severely injured, while one remained missing in the incident that took place near Lovedale, sources reported. The deceased have been recognised as Sakila (30), Sangeeta (35), Bhagya (36), Uma (35), Muthulakshmi (36) and Radha (38).
Ooty Police said that two injured workers were swiftly rushed to the hospital and one was still stuck in the debris. They were trying to rescue him. Ooty General Hospital Dean Padmini confirmed the deaths of six people.
The police have said that the injured were taken to the Ooty Government Hospital.
