Two Die as Crane Basket Falls into Shaft

Kanal, 9 September - Two people died and one was seriously injured as a crane basket carrying three workers fell into a deep shaft at a power plant construction site in western Slovenia early on Tuesday, the local mountain rescue service chief told STA.

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Two killed in an accident at the construction site of the Avce pumped-storage hydro plant.
Photo: Marko Cencic/STA

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Construction is under way on the pumped-storage hydro plant Avce.
Photo: Marko Cencic/STA

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Two killed in an accident at the construction site of the Avce pumped-storage hydro plant.
Photo: Marko Cencic/STA

Avce
Two killed in an accident at the construction site of the Avce pumped-storage hydro plant.
Photo: Marko Cencic/STA

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