Hillside cave-in kills two workers at construction site in Cox’s Bazar

A third worker remains in hospital after being pulled from the debris

Two construction workers have been killed after a hillside gave way at a culvert building site in Cox's Bazar's Darianagar.

Another worker has been seriously injured in the incident.

The accident occurred around 11:30am on Thursday near the Marine Fisheries and Wildlife Research Centre of the Chattogram Veterinary and Animal Sciences University, according to Syed Md Morshed Hossain, deputy assistant director of Fire Service and Civil Defence in Cox’s Bazar.

Abdul Khalek, who was outside the morgue of Cox’s Bazar Sadar Hospital, said the dead were his cousin Mohammad Elias and his nephew Md Rakib.

The injured worker Md Shahjahan is also a relative.

All three are residents of Chambal Union in Banshkhali Upazila of Chattogram. Shahjahan is receiving treatment at the hospital.

Khalek said the workers were excavating the foundation for a culvert on the road leading from Daryanagar to the veterinary university when earth suddenly came down from the hillside above them.

The three workers were trapped under the soil.

Locals later rescued them and rushed them to Cox’s Bazar Sadar Hospital, where doctors declared Elias and Rakib dead, he added.

Officer Morshed Hossain said Fire Service personnel went to the scene after receiving the report.

A detailed account of the incident will be provided after the site inspection is completed, he added.