India, Nov. 16 -- A freak accident at a construction site in Byculla claimed the lives of two workers and left three severely injured on Saturday afternoon. The accident took place when the workers, using jackhammers in a pit 15-feet deep, were buried by a wall of loose mud and stones that suddenly came crashing down on them.

The accident took place at Habib Mansion building, being redeveloped by Ibrahim Jusab Sopariwala & others, while ZZ Consultants are listed as the structural consultant, according to a board erected at the site.

The pit had been excavated for piling work being done for the building's foundation. After the soil buried the labourers, their co-workers rushed to rescue them but it took around 30 minutes to pull them out...