Thane: Woman killed as heavy metal plate at Metro work site falls on her

A metal plate from the girder fell on the woman

A 37-year-old woman was crushed to death when a heavy metal plate fell on her at the site of a Metro construction work in Maharashtra's Thane city on Thursday morning, according to Thane Municipal Corporation (TMC).

According to the civic body, the incident took place near Viviana Mall on the Eastern Express Highway. The woman was identified as Sunita Babasaheb Kamble (37).

The woman, who was a scrap collector, was below a girder. A metal plate from the girder fell on her, Thane Municipal Corporation's regional disaster management cell (RDMC) chief Avinash Sawant said.

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An official from Rabodi police station told PTI that the woman crossed a barricade and entered a pit dug for a pillar (at the construction site) when the metal plate fell on her.

Local firemen and a team of the RDMC rushed to the spot and pulled her out of the pit. The body was sent to a government hospital for post-mortem, Sawant said.

He further said that a probe was on into the incident.

(With inputs from PTI)

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