‘One dead, three injured at water project in Karak; investigation under way’

AMMAN — One man died and three others were injured on Thursday while working at a Water Authority of Jordan project in Karak, implemented by a local contractor and supervised by a local consultant, the Jordan News Agency, Petra, quoted an official source at the Water Ministry as saying.

The injured were taken to Karak Public Hospital, where one of them is in the intensive care unit and the other two were listed in fair condition, according to the source. The ministry, in cooperation with security and concerned authorities, will take necessary measures against whoever is responsible for the incident, the source said. The Water Ministry also formed a “high-level” committee to investigate the incident.