Labourer killed while working on school building

A labourer was killed yesterday after a section of a building that he was working on collapsed on him.

According to reports, about 1:30 p.m., two men were carrying out construction work on a section of the Balcombe Drive Primary and Infant School in Waterhouse when it gave way and fell on them. One of the men died on the spot and the other was transported to the Kingston Public Hospital.

The contractor for the project told THE STAR that just minutes earlier, he had told both men not to begin working as he was waiting on props for support.