Bokaro, Nov. 5 -- Three women were killed and four others injured after a coal stockpile collapsed at the Kathara Colliery in Bokaro district of Jharkhand on Thursday morning, police said.
The incident occurred around 4:45 am at Stockyard No. 5 under Kathara police outpost in the Bermo subdivision, when seven local residents, including six women and a man, were collecting discarded coal for domestic use.
According to preliminary information, the victims were caught beneath a heap of rejected coal that suddenly collapsed. The injured were rescued and taken to the Central Coalfields Limited (CCL) hospital. They were later referred to a larger hospital for further treatment.
The deceased have been identified as Pushpa Devi, Kaushalya Devi a...