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Man dies crushed by pile of earth


https://www.ipn.md/en/man-dies-crushed-by-pile-of-earth-7967_1046157.html

A man aged 36 died when a pile of earth fell over him during digging works at a building site. The accident happened at a depth of about two meters in the yard of a private house situated in Botanica district of Chisinau, IPN reports.

According to the General Inspectorate for Emergencies, earth and also a concrete slab fell over the man. The rescuers took him out in about 40 minutes, but the man didn’t survive.

An investigation is under way.