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One worker killed, one injured after landslide at construction site in Turkey’s west

Hurriyet Daily News 19 May 2015 Turkey Kütahya

A 32-year-old heavy construction equipment operator, who got trapped inside a tunnel construction site for a hydroelectric power plant (HES) in Turkey’s western province of Kütahya, was found dead May 19, state-run Anadolu Agency reported.

Enser Akay was trapped around 150 meters from the entrance of the 1,900-meter tunnel being built for a HES project near the Karaköy village of Kütahya’s Domaniç district after a landslide occurred at 7:30 p.m. on May 17.