Vrindavan:A major accident occurred during the repair of a guesthouse in Ramanreti area on Sunday. The balcony of the fourth floor of a four-storey building suddenly broke and fell into the cow shed below. During this time, two laborers working there fell down and got seriously injured. Both of them were immediately rushed to the hospital, where the doctors declared the female laborer dead. Meanwhile, the condition of the injured laborer remains critical. As soon as information about the incident was received, police officers reached the spot and started investigation.
Fourth floor balcony collapses, female laborer dies
The accident took place at Radhe Krishna Bhawan located near the old temple of Jagadguru Kripalu ji in Ramanreti area. Repair work was being done here. On Sunday morning the contractor had arrived with four daily wage laborers to get the work done. Demolition work was going on on the fourth floor at around 12.30 pm. During this time, cracks started appearing in the balcony. Before the workers could understand anything, the balcony fell down. Along with this, male and female laborers working near the wall also fell down. The sudden accident created chaos on the spot.
Woman declared dead in hospital
With the help of people present nearby, both the injured were immediately taken to Ramakrishna Mission Hospital. There the doctors declared Rachna, a 40-year-old female laborer, dead. At the same time, seriously injured 32 year old captain son Gopi, resident of village Bati, is undergoing treatment. On receiving information about the accident, Kotwali police reached the hospital and collected information regarding the incident. The news of the death of the female laborer spread grief among the people present at the spot.
Police officers inspected the incident site
On receiving the information, SP City Rajeev Singh also reached the hospital. After taking information about the health of the injured labourer, he instructed the doctors to provide better treatment. The police have sent the body of the deceased for post-mortem. On the other hand, CO Sandeep Singh and Kotwali in-charge Ashwini Kumar inspected the spot and gathered information regarding the accident. CO Sandeep Singh said that information related to the case is being collected. On receipt of complaint, further action will be taken as per rules.