Three lives lost in Stavropol glass factory accident

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Published 03 December, 2008, 13:11

Three people have been killed, and one injured, when a concrete factory wall collapsed in Stavropol.

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Two men and one woman were crushed under a concrete slab at a glass factory belonging to YugRosProduct. The slab gave way as the workers were moving materials underneath it. The injured man has been taken to hospital.

Emergency Ministry rescue workers are at the scene, and an investigation is underway.

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