UDHAGAMANDALAM: A 40-year-old woman worker was buried alive today after loose soil fell on her at a construction site at Southweek area in this tourist town.
The woman, Mary, along with four other workers were removing debris at the site, when the loose soil fell on her from a height of about 25 feet, police said.
As the attempts by co-workers to retrieve her became futile, fire and rescue personnel arrived there and managed to take her out in dead condition.