Bengaluru: Woman, daughter dead after beam of metro pillar crashes; rescue ops underway

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Bengaluru, Jan 10, 2023: Two persons were killed after a beam of an under-construction Metro pillar collapsed in Bengaluru’s Nagawara.  The victims were a woman and her daughter. Rescue operations are underway to find out it more people were injured in the incident.

 

A few days back, a 37-year-old woman ragpicker was crushed to death when a huge iron metal plate fixed on a Mumbai Metro pillar crashed on her near the Viviana Mall in Thane officials said on Thursday.

The Thane Fire Brigade authorities said the incident occurred at around 10 a.m. when the woman was walking beside one of the pillars when the metal plate suddenly gave away and fell directly on her from above.

Trapped by the large object, the woman tumbled into the ditch dug around the pillar foundation and succumbed instantly, said an official.

The victim has been identified as Sunita Babasaheb Kamble, residing in Lokmanya Nagarpada.