Excavator machine decapitates guard at construction site

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Press Trust of India New Delhi
Last Updated : Dec 14 2014 | 9:15 PM IST
In a freak accident, a 55-year-old security guard was killed when his head was severed clean by an excavator machine at a construction site.
The incident took place here this morning in northeast Delhi's Jahangirpuri area when the security guard, identified as Mansoor Beig, was standing close to the excavation site.
"During a swing of the machine's arm, Beig's head was severed and it fell in the dug out soil while the torso collapsed on the spot. As eyewitnesses screamed in disbelief, the excavator's operator, identified as Naresh Kumar, stopped work and fled the spot," said a senior police officer.
It took nearly 45 minutes to find the severed head from the rubble. The body was then taken to a hospital. Police have registered a case and a manhunt has been launched to nab the driver.
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First Published: Dec 14 2014 | 9:15 PM IST

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