Scaffold collapses, three workers killed in Istanbul

Scaffold collapses, three workers killed in Istanbul

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Scaffold collapses, three workers killed in Istanbul

Kartal district is seen in this file photo. Three workers were killed at a work accident at a construction in Kartal on May 31.

Three construction workers died awfully May 31 due to the collapse of a scaffold in Istanbul’s Kartal district. 

The workers -Hasan Doğan (53), Salih Karayalı ve Sinan Doğan (22)- fell from the 16th floor, CNN Turk reported. 

Health officials confirmed the deaths, as the prosecutors launched an investigation. 


The killings came at a time when work security is vastly discussed across the country, following the Soma disaster that claimed 301 miners on May 13.