Six workers injured after hotel building collapses in Medan<\/p>\n
Apriadi Gunawan, Medan<\/p>\n
A new section of Hotel Sahiba in Medan, which was being
\nconstructed, suddenly collapsed on Thursday, leaving six
\nconstruction workers injured.<\/p>\n
The new section was a three-story building, an extension of
\nthe old hotel building. The old hotel building itself was
\nunaffected by the incident.<\/p>\n
Several witnesses said that the building suddenly collapsed
\nwhen eight construction workers were working inside the building.<\/p>\n
Edi, one of the construction workers, recalled that the
\nbuilding collapsed at 10 a.m, when he and seven other workers
\nwere working on the ground floor.<\/p>\n
\"We did not know what was going on, suddenly the building
\ncollapsed. Six of us were not able to escape immediately, so
\nparts of the building fell on us,\" said Edi, who suffered light
\ninjuries in the incident.<\/p>\n
Four workers were treated at Bhakti Hospital in the city --
\nnamely Edi, Felix, Agus, and Elvian. The two others, Gimin and
\nMisno, suffered fractured skulls and were admitted to Pirngadi
\nHospital.<\/p>\n
A preliminary investigation found that the incident stemmed
\nfrom poor construction on the second floor of the building, which
\ncaused the building to collapse, according to the Medan Teladan
\nPolice subprecinct chief Adj. Comr. Irwan Anwar.<\/p>\n
Irwan said that police investigators were questioning three
\nwitnesses in the case, including the owner of the hotel, B.
\nSinurat.<\/p>\n
In a similar incident, five construction workers were killed
\nat the end of May in the Sunter area, North Jakarta, when part of
\na building they were constructing collapsed.<\/p>",
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