Part of building collapsed in south Mumbai, one dead

25 October,2016 07:19 PM IST |   |  PTI

Portion of parapet wall of a building collapsed on Tuesday while an electric cable was pulled down, in which a pedestrian died at Girgaum in south Mumbai, police said


Mumbai: Portion of parapet wall of a building collapsed on Tuesday while an electric cable was pulled down, in which a pedestrian died at Girgaum in south Mumbai, police said. The incident took place at Mohan Building on JSS Road around 12.41 PM where work of pulling down the electric cable was going on, an official attached to V P Road Police station said.

Parapet wall of the building collapsed on a pedestrian Waman Nerurkar (35), in which he got seriously injured. Fire Brigade and police were called for rescue operation, said the official.

Nerurkar was taken to a hospital for treatment in which he was declared dead, police said, adding an accidental death report was registered in this regard.

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