2 workers die in stone quarry collapse
Two workers were killed as a stone quarry collapsed while extracting stones in Shah Arefin Tila of Companiganj upazila in Sylhet on Monday, reports UNB.
The deceased are Sona Mia, 25, son of Anwar Hossain and Nurul Haque, 30, son of Wazed Ali of Sunamganj upazila.
Locals said the duo were extracting stones in a stone quarry around 3pm when it collapsed on them killing them on the spot.
Officer-in-charge of Companiganj police station Jashim Uddin said they were trying to recover the bodies.
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