The incident occurred around 11 a.m. when workers were engaged in construction work being undertaken by the Bangalore Development Authority (BDA). One of the trapped workers, identified as Sonaram, 26, originally from Odisha, was rescued and shifted to a hospital where he was declared dead. MLA visits siteK. Gopalaiah, Mahalakshmi Layout BJP MLA, who visited the spot of the accident, said the death toll could go up to three. Long-delayed projectThe underpass work began as part of a project to construct a flyover and underpass at Kanteerava Studio junction on Outer Ring Road to make the stretch signal-free in 2016. While the work on the flyover was completed in 2019, the underpass work got stuck midway.