KIGALI, Rwanda: Ten people were killed after a quarry collapsed in a village in eastern Rwanda’s Bugesera district, police said on Friday, reported Xinhua.
The accident occurred on Thursday in Nyamabuye village, Ntarama sector, when the quarry caved in on workers extracting of construction materials, including sand and stones, police told local media.
The collapse buried the workers under the debris, killing 10 people, police said.
Police said investigations were still under way to determine the exact cause of the accident.
The bodies of all the victims were recovered by a search and rescue team late on Thursday and transferred to Kacyiru Hospital in the capital, Kigali, according to local officials.
District Mayor Richard Mutabazi said authorities had banned work at the site following the accident. – BERNAMA-XINHUA
