A 42-year-old man reportedly sustained injuries after a street light pole fell on him in Maharashtra's Thane city on Tuesday morning, a civic official said. Pics/RDMC
Updated On: 2024-06-18 05:43 PM IST
Compiled by : Asif Ali Sayed
The accident occurred when the luggage tied to the roof of a bus got entangled with a cable on a street light pole and pulled it down, said Yasin Tadvi, chief of the civic disaster management cell
The pole fell on a pedestrian, and he sustained injuries, he said
The man is undergoing treatment at a hospital, the official said
Meanwhile, in an another incident, a 32-year-old man died of electrocution while attempting to place a plastic sheet on the balcony of his house amid rains in Maharashtra's Thane district, police said on Tuesday
The incident occurred in a chawl in the Nizampura area on Monday afternoon, an official said
The victim was placing a plastic sheet on the iron net on his balcony, he said
The victim and his two-year-old daughter, who was holding onto him, suddenly clung to the net, the official said
The man suffered a severe electric shock and died, while the child survived, he said