India, May 3 -- At least three people, including a site engineer, were killed and two others injured on Saturday evening after a concrete slab fell on them during construction work on a bridge over the Kathajodi river in Odisha's Cuttack, police said.

The accident occurred near Khannagar when a prefabricated slab being lifted by a crane collapsed, an officer said.

"Five persons were injured in the incident. All of them were shifted to SCB Medical College and Hospital by ambulance, where three labourers were declared brought dead. A crane driver also sustained injuries," Cuttack deputy commissioner of police Khilari Rishikesh Dnyandeo said.

The police have identified the deceased as Shiba Shankar Patnaik, Subhash Chandra Bhakta and site...