19 July,2023 09:55 AM IST | Thane | mid-day online correspondent
Representational Image. Pic/iStock
The body of a milk delivery man was found in the duct of a lift in a residential building in the Mumbra area of Thane city on Tuesday, civic officials told news agency PTI.
The victim was identified as Jatashankar Pal (45) and his body was found at around 8.30 pm, they said.
Chief of Disaster Management Cell of the Thane Municipal Corporation (TMC) Yasin Tadvi told PTI that the milk delivery man had gone to the building, Jarina Apartments, at around 9.30 am.
Pal accidentally fell into the duct and died, he said.
ALSO READ
Fire in complex housing scrap godowns in Bhiwandi town
Woman commits suicide days after marriage in Thane district; 4 booked for abetment
Thane Police issues traffic restrictions for vote counting, check details
Thane court sentences two men to 7 years RI in 2015 attempt to murder case
Two teens drown in lake in Thane district, friend missing
Local firemen and Regional Disaster Management Cell (RDMC) personnel later retrieved the body from the duct, Tadvi told PTI.
The Mumbra police have registered a case of accidental death and are probing the matter.
In another incident, at least six persons were killed and as many injured after a speeding container truck collided with a passenger-carrying jeep in Maharashtra's Thane district on early Tuesday morning, police officials told PTI.
The jeep, carrying some students and other persons, was proceeding from Padgha to Khadavli railway station when the truck collided with it. The jeep got dragged for about 100 metres and overturned, an official from the police control room told PTI.
The accident took place around 6.30 am amid heavy rainfall in Padgha area of Bhiwandi taluka, an official from Padgha police station told PTI.
Four persons died on the spot while two succumbed on the way to hospital, an official from the district disaster control room said.
Three seriously injured persons were being treated at a hospital in Bhiwandi, while three others who received minor injuries were given first aid and discharged, he said.
After getting information, some locals rushed to the spot to help the victims, the police said.
The bodies were sent to a government hospital for postmortem, they said.
The deceased were identified as Chinmay Shinde (15), Riya Pardeshi, Chaitali Pimple (27), Santosh Anant Jadhav (50), Vasant Dharma Jadhav (50) and Prajval Firke, the police told PTI.
Maharashtra PWD minister Dada Bhuse visited the private hospital where three of the injured were admitted.
The truck driver was arrested for rash and negligent driving, Padgha police station in-charge Sanjay Sable told PTI.
(With inputs from PTI)
