Cattle shed collapse: Labourer killed, seven injured

RAWALPINDI: A labourer was killed and seven others were injured when an under-construction cattle shed collapsed at a far-off village in the Chauntra area on Thursday evening.

The police said the labourers were busy constructing the shed when it suddenly fell over, burying all them under debris. The police and rescue workers reached the spot and shifted the body and the injured to District Headquarters Hospital.

The deceased was identified as Muhammad Aslam, 45, while Mubarik, Qadir, Zafar, Abrar, Imran, Adeel and Imtiaz were those injured in the incident.

Published in The Express Tribune, July 6^th, 2012.