11 killed in Vizag crane collapse

Eleven people were killed and another one person received serious injures after a massive crane collapsed at the Hindustan Shipyard Limited complex in Visakhapatnam in Andhra Pradesh. The crane collapsed during load-testing trials. Four of them were shipyard employees and the rest were contract staff, Visakhapatnam police commissioner RK Meena said. An eight-second video showed the giant crane crashing down on the ground at the shipyard. Hindustan Shipyard Limited is a government undertaking involved in shipbuilding and catering to the needs of shipbuilding, ship repairs, submarine construction and refits as well as design and construction of offshore and onshore structures. Nearly three months before, 11 people were killed and over 1,000 were left sick after gas leaked at a chemical plant - LG Polymers facility in the city.