Two killed, one injured in Kwara hotel collapse

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Two construction workers died while another person was seriously injured when a section of the old fence of Kwara Hotels collapsed, PUNCH Metro gathered.

Our correspondent learnt that the incident occurred on Tuesday afternoon during active construction work at the hotel’s site, located in the GRA area of Ilorin, the Kwara State capital.

The facility, once a symbol of the state’s thriving hospitality industry, is currently undergoing a facelift as part of the government’s infrastructure renewal drive.

PUNCH Metro gathered on Wednesday that the three victims were rushed to a private hospital on Unity Road (now Wahab Folawiyo Road) where two of them were pronounced dead while one who survived was being given intensive medical care at a hospital.

An eyewitness near the site who did not want her name in print described the moment of the collapse as sudden and horrifying.

“I was nearby selling when I suddenly heard a loud blast. It sounded like a bomb. People started shouting and running away from the site. It was terrifying,” she narrated.

According to her, several passersby initially thought an explosion had occurred until the true nature of the incident became clearer moments later, as emergency responders began arriving at the scene. Punch