Elderly labourer dies during mishap at stone quarry
Srinagar: A 58-year-old labourer died after he sustained critical injuries after he had a fall at a stone-quarry in Sader Koot Bala area in north-Kashmir’s Bandipora district.
Reports said that the labourer identified as Abdul Rashid Rather, aged 58 years, son of Ghulam Ahmad Rather, a resident of SK Bala fell while working at the stone-quarry.
The elderly labourer sustained critical injuries in the incident and was immediately evacuated to SMHS Hospital Srinagar.
Confirming the incident, a police official said that the labourer sustained injuries after a slip at the site.
Meanwhile, the condition of injured labourer deteriorated at the hospital where he succumbed later, police sources added. (GNS)
