Third worker dies in Brazil's incomplete Manaus World Cup stadium

Another worker has reportedly died while working in or around the World Cup stadium in Manaus, Brazil, which has taken the total number of fatalities at the half-completed ground to three.

The 42,000-seater Arena da Amazonia in Manaus, which is a city deep in the heart of the legendary Amazonian rainforest, has been beset by problems during construction with the first fatality recorded in March 2013, which prompted construction workers to go on strike until they received assurances of improved safety conditions.

According to CNN, 55-year-old Antonio Jose Pita Martins became the third worker to die after being struck on the head by a piece of falling iron as a crane that had been used to build the stadium's roof was dismantled outside the arena in northern Brazil.

A hospital statement later said that a combination of head and chest injuries had caused Martins' death, while FIFA Secretary General Jerome Valcke wrote a condolence message on Twitter.

Work at the Arena da Amazonia, which football's world governing body FIFA had wanted to be finished in December, is one of several stadiums in Brazil running behind schedule - with just 125 days to go before the 2014 tournament begins, the report added.