KAZAN, Russia, November 13 (R-Sport) – A Russian builder died Tuesday after a crane collapsed at the construction site of the 2018 World Cup stadium in Kazan, investigators said.
The 25-year-old man was using the crane as a platform to carry out work when the part he was standing on detached and sent him falling 35 meters to his death, they said.
“At 2.40 Moscow time on November 13 at the site of the under-construction football stadium on Chistopolskaya street in Kazan, the boom of a crane broke off,” the regional Investigative Committee said in a statement.
“As a result, a 25-year-old builder died.”
Last month, a steel worker, 48, plunged to his death at the site of the new Spartak Moscow stadium, another World Cup stadium.
The arena in Kazan will host football at next year’s Universiade games for students and will serve as the home ground of local club side Rubin Kazan.
