Four labourers were killed and 25 injured when a crane fell in river Ganga during construction of a railway bridge in Ujhani area in Uttar Pradesh’s Badaun district today.
The accident happened when the labourers, hailing from Assam, were engaged in work for construction of a rail bridge near Kachhal village, SP (City) Man Singh Chauhan said.
The injured were admitted to a hospital where the condition of eight was stated to be critical, he said.
The exact cause of the accident was yet to ascertained, the SP said.