Now, girder launcher crashes on workers in Gujarat, one killed

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One worker was killed and six others injured after a girder launcher fell on them during the construction of a high-speed rail corridor, near Karjan town in Gujarat's Vadodara district, on Thursday, officials said.

It took place two days after a girder launcher collapsed in Maharashtra, killing 20 people during the construction of a viaduct for the Samruddhi Expressway on Tuesday. Karjan MLA Akshay Patel said the "launcher fell due to some technical issues".

"One worker, who was trying to check the wheelbase, got trapped and died. Six other workers, who suffered minor injuries, were admitted to a nearby hospital," the National High Speed Rail Corporation Limited, which is executing the Mumbai-Ahmedabad High Speed Rail Corridor, said in a statement.

The launching gantry was shifted on top of the girder transporter to the launching location. While self-unloading from the girder transporter, the wheelbase of the front support got jammed and got inclined, thereby disturbing a part of the launching gantry, it stated.

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