Pune, March 13 -- Two labourers, a husband-wife duo, died on the spot and two others were injured when a newly constructed wall collapsed at a construction site in Pimpri-Chinchwad, officials said.

The incident occurred on Saturday at the Jyotiba Nagar area of Talwade in Pune, where around 16 construction labourers were working.

According to officials, a newly constructed wall collapsed after being hit by a JCB machine, trapping five workers under the debris.

Two labourers, identified as Sachin Shankar Rathod and his wife Komal Sachin Rathod, died on the spot due to severe injuries.

Sadashiv Agale, the owner of Induction thermal treatment company, had given a contract to contractor Deepak Devaji Jadhav for the construction of a brick ...