A construction worker was killed and another severely injured after a crane fell on them in Rooppur nuclear power plant project area of Pabna's Ishwardi on Friday evening.

The dead is Sikhon Hossain, 27, and the injured Jewel Rana, 21. The two were working on a high-rise in the project's construction site when a crane's rope tore and it fell, leaving them severely injured, said Bahauddin Faruqi, officer-in-charge of Ishwardi Police Station.

They were rushed to Ishwardi upazila health complex where Sikhon breathed his last. Later, Rana was sent to Rajshahi Medical College Hospital, the OC added.

The body was sent to Pabna Medical College morgue for autopsy.