Several workers from a company in charge of the drilling of a well in the El Paraíso neighborhood, in Frutal, jurisdiction of Villa Nueva, They suffered an accident while working on said work.
According to information provided by neighbors, around 11 a.m. on April 18, a crew of five workers He was carrying out the work as part of the construction of several projects, including a National Civil Police police station, when, for unknown reasons, they suffered an accident.
It is known that the workers were buried when they were digging the well, Therefore, the support of the relief bodies was immediately requested.
They came to the place Departmental Municipal Firefighters, who transported four injured people to a local care center, while the death of one person at the scene was confirmed.
The identity and ages of both the injured and the deceased are unknown, while awaiting the arrival of the experts from the Public Ministry(MP), who will determine the causes of the accident, as well as the identity of the deceased.
The neighbors reported that the company in charge of the works was hired by the Municipality of Villa Nueva to drill the well and assured that they will not allow them to continue with its construction, due to the risks it entails for both the workers and the neighbors, since the minimum safety processes are not in place, which would have caused this accident.
It was also learned that The company hired by the Municipality of Villa Nueva to carry out the work comes from the department of Zacapa.
Until now, The commune of Villa Nueva has not commented on this accident occurred during the morning of this April 18.