A stone quarry worker was killed inside a pit in Lobhachhara area of Kanaighat upazila in Sylhet yesterday morning.

The dead was identified as Forman Ullah, 55, of Kailya village of Dakshin Sunamganj upazila in Sunamganj.

Officer-in-Charge Abdul Ahad of Kanaighat Police Station said Forman was working in a pit when a chunk of earth collapsed on him.

His body has been sent to Sylhet MAG Osmani Medical College Hospital morgue for autopsy, he added.

This is the 11th incident this year in which a stone quarry worker has been killed in the district.