Cuttack, May 3 -- Five labourers were injured in an accident during the construction of a bridge over the Kathajodi River this evening. Three of them died at the SCB Medical College and Hospital.

The unfortunate incident occurred when a concrete slab unexpectedly collapsed from the cranes, falling on the workers at the Khannagar site.

Two of the other injured workers are still in critical condition.

With the help of locals, all five were admitted to SCB Medical College and Hospital in Cuttack for treatment. Doctors declared three of them declared dead.

The deceased workers have been identified as Soumya Ranjan Behera, Sibasankar Patnaik and Subhas Chandra Bhakta. The critically injured are Arun Barik and Bikala Jena.

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