A man miraculously survived but sustained injuries after he fell off a building and landed on iron rods at a construction site in Maharashtra's Thane city, the civic officials said on Monday. Pics/RDMC
Updated On: 2024-01-15 03:46 PM IST
Compiled by : Asif Ali Sayed
The accident occurred around 4.12 am at the site of a 26-storey under-construction building
The under construction building is located at Bhim Nagar in the Vartak Nagar area of Thane district, the civic official said
Jairaj Sardar, a resident of Bhim Nagar, fell off a building and landed on the protruding iron rods at the construction site, the officials said
A rod pierced the man's waist, and workers at the construction site used a grinder machine to cut the rod on either side to extricate him safely, they said
The injured man is undergoing treatment at Kalwa Civic Hospital, he said
On receiving an alert, local firefighters and a disaster management team rushed to the scene, an official said