MARDAN: A labourer was killed and four others were injured when an under-construction building collapsed on Bashkhali Road here on Wednesday.

Rescue 1122 officials said an ambulance, a recovery vehicle, disaster, rescue and medical teams were dispatched to the site after getting information about the incident.

The officials said the rescuers retrieved the body of 45-year Sahib Shah of Mohib Banda area from the rubble and shifted it to the District Headquarters Hospital, Mardan.

The four injured labourers were taken to the Mardan Medical Complex Hospital.

Published in Dawn, February 3rd, 2022

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