Online Desk: Three construction workers were killed and another was injured after a crane’s main load line tore and the goods carrying platform fell on them from an under-construction building at Demra this afternoon. The deceased were identified as Mizan, 30, Mostofa, 42, and Zafar, 50.

Omar Faruk, inspector (investigation) of Demra Police Station, said the incident took place around 2:00pm in Sanarpar area. The workers were lifting goods on the top floors of the building. Suddenly, the load line of the crane tore off and its planform and goods fell on them, leaving three of them dead on the spot, he added.

The injured was rushed to Dhaka Medical College Hospital. The other workers fled away from the spot after the incident. Police are investigating the matter, Faruk said.