By Duncan Mackay
November 13 – A Russian builder was killed today after a crane collapsed at the construction site of the 2018 FIFA World Cup stadium in Kazan, local authorities 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 metres to his death.
“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 48-year-old steel worker was killed 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 and will serve as the home ground of local club side Rubin Kazan.
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