Mumbai:1 Dead, 3 Injured After Metro Pillar Slab Collapses In Mulund
A cement slab of the pillar collapsed and fell on an autorickshaw below, completely smashing the three-wheeler.
Mumbai: One person died, and three others were injured after a slab of the girder bridge of the under-construction metro rail line 4 collapsed on a few vehicles in Mumbai's Mulund area on Saturday afternoon, police and civic officials said. A slab of the parapet wall of the girder bridge fell near the Johnson and Johnson factory on the arterial LBS Road, sometime after noo,n on an autorickshaw and a Skoda car, both of which were heavily damaged, they added.
A fire brigade official identified the deceased as Ramdhan Yadav and the injured as Rajkumar Indrajeet Yadav (45), Mahendra Pratap Yadav (52) and Deepa Ruhiya (40).
The condition of Rajkumar is critical, and he is in an ICU in a nearby hospital, whereas Mahendra and Ruhiya are currently stable, the official added. In a statement, the Mumbai Metropolitan Regional Development Authority said a portion of the parapet segment fell at 12:15pm near pier 196 of the metro line construction close to Mulund Fire Station onto a passing autorickshaw.
The Metro project team reached the site and ensured relief operations and secured the site in close coordination with BMC and disaster management authorities, the statement said, adding an investigation is underway to ascertain the exact cause of the collapse. Line 4 is an under-construction route from Wadala in south-central Mumbai to neighbouring Thane, with a large section passing over the arterial LBS Road connecting areas like Vikhroli, Bhandup, Mulund etc.
