Thane: Labourer killed as iron staircase collapses during station demolition

The demolition of an old structure at Atgaon station in Thane district on the Central Railway turned tragic on Saturday after an iron staircase collapsed killing a labourer and leaving another critically injured an official said reported news agency PTIAn official from the Shahapur police station said that the accident occurred while workers were dismantling the stations old ticket houseDuring the operation a portion of an adjoining staircase part of an ageing iron bridge structure suddenly gave way and crashed down trapping two labourers working below he said reported PTIPolice and railway officials rushed to the spot and launched a rescue operation One labourer was pulled out with serious leg injuries and taken to the Shahapur subdistrict hospital where doctors said his condition remains critical he said reported PTIThe second labourer was trapped under the heavy rusted iron staircase and was declared dead at the scene Rescue teams had to use a gas cutter to retrieve the body the official addedMan killed as MSRTC bus rams into motorcycle in Beed districtIn another incident a 40yearold man riding a motorcycle died after a bus operated by the Maharashtra State Road Transport Corporation MSRTC rammed into his twowheeler in Beed district police have said reported PTIThe incident took place near Kakadhira on BeedAhilyanagar road on Wednesday evening reported PTIThe deceased has been identified as Vishwas alias Rajabhau Shivaji Baglane a resident of Kakadhira in Beed tehsil reported PTIAccording to police Baglane was going on a motorcycle from Beed towards his village when a speeding MSRTC bus hit his vehicle killing him on the spotA case has been registered against the bus driver an official saidSenior citizen killed after autorickshaw overturnsMeanwhile a sixtyyearold man was killed after an autorickshaw overturned in Parli Vaijnath town in Beed district of Maharashtra on Friday afternoon police said reported PTIThe incident occurred at 230 pm near Neela cross road on Parli VaijnathGangakhed Road they saidThe deceased has been identified as Baban Raut who ran a barber shop in Parli Vaijnath reported PTIHe and his relatives were returning from Gangakhed after attending a wedding when the autorickshaw they were travelling overturned There were a total of 10 passengers inside the vehicle Soon after the accident the driver fled from the spot a police official said reported PTIRaut who was sitting next to the driver and received a severe blow from the vehicles handle causing him to lose consciousness and die on the spot Other passengers sustained minor injuries he said reported PTIRauts body was taken to the Parli Vaijnath subdistrict hospital reported PTIHis son Srinivas Raut is the Nationalist Congress Party SP candidate for the Parli Municipal CouncilWith inputs from PTI