Four children killed as water tank collapses

Four children of a family on Friday were crushed to death when a newly built overhead water tank collapsed on them at Sawaimadhopur in Rajasthan.

Four children of a family on Friday were crushed to death when a newly built overhead water tank collapsed on them at Sawaimadhopur in Rajasthan.

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The children had gone to take a shower at a tap near the tank when all of a sudden the water tank burst and collapsed on them in Bhopal Nagar area, police said.

While two of the children died on the spot, two others succumbed on way to hospital, police said.

The 15 feet-high concrete water tank was recently constructed.

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