Benapole, April 8 -- A worker was killed and another seriously injured after a crane cable snapped while loading iron sheets at Benapole land port on Tuesday night.

The deceased was identified as Shahjahan Ali, 45, son of Aftab, from Pathbari village of Benapole.

The injured, Sohel Hossain, is the son of Mostafa from Sadipur village in the same area.

Both were members of Benapole Handling Workers' Union-891.

Sohel said they were loading heavy iron sheets onto a Bangladeshi truck using a crane when the cable suddenly snapped due to a mechanical fault.

Co-workers, with help from the fire service, rescued them and took them to Sharsha Upazila Health Complex, where doctors declared Shahjahan dead.

Sohel was later shifted to Jashore Gene...