The New Indian Express ·
Jharkhand: Two women among 3 killed as illegal coal mine caves in
RANCHI: At least three people, including two women, were killed and several others are feared trapped after an illegal coal mine caved in at Baghmara in Dhanbad while locals were extracting coal on Sunday morning.
Three people were rescued by villagers, who rushed to the site after the upper section of the tunnel collapsed. Using pickaxes and shovels, they cleared the debris and pulled out the trapped workers. Two critically injured women, however, died while being taken to hospital on motorcycles.
“Villagers managed to pull two women out of the debris by immediately clearing away the soil; however, both women, who had sustained serious injuries, died while being taken to the hospital by motorcycle,” said a local requesting anonymity.
