India, May 20 -- At least five people were killed and two were injured after rocks caved in at a stone quarry site in Tamil Nadu on Tuesday. The incident reportedly occurred at the site in Mallakottai near Singampunari.

Police officials cited in a PTI news agency report stated that the bodies of three persons were extricated by the police and fire and rescue personnel after the caved in stones were cleared.

Police further added that two of the workers succumbed to their injuires on the way to hospital, taking the deaht toll to five. The other two critically injured have been admitted to a hospital in Madurai.

Police said they have launched a probe to ascertain the cause of the rock cave in.

As per officials, it remains unclear if over...