A construction worker was killed and seven others were injured as the roof of the corridor of an under construction building collapsed at Gokul in Bogra Sadar upazila yesterday.

The dead is Abdul Momin, 45, son of Tuku Mia of Shakharia village in Bogra Sadar upazila.

Bazlur Rashid Titu, inspector of fire service and civil defense, Bogra, said several workers were working at the construction site of the nine-storey building of TMSS Refayetullah Community Medical College and Hospital. Suddenly, a portion of the roof of the corridor, which connects two buildings, collapsed on the workers around 6:20pm.

He said after an hour-long hectic effort, they rescued the victims and admitted them to the Refayetullah community medical college hospital. Of the injured, condition of two or three was critical.