Ten injured as crane topples onto houses in Mumbai’s Kurla
Mumbai, Ten persons, including a 3-month-old baby, were injured after a crane toppled onto houses in Mumbai’s Kurla East early Friday morning during preparations for demolition work, a civic official said. Ten injured as crane topples onto houses in Mumbai’s Kurla The incident, which also affected goods train movement in the area, occurred around 3 am near the site of an upcoming 17-storey building in Indira Nagar, they said. A Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation official said a hydraulic crane was being used to lift a Poclain machine that had been brought to the site. During the operation, part of the crane fell onto a high-tension railway overhead wire, nearby houses in Qureshi Nagar, the road at Samrat Ashok Nagar, and the compound wall of a MHADA building, besides crushing three to four four-wheelers parked inside the compound. A three-month-old baby, a 10-year-old boy and eight other persons were injured in the accident, officials said. Eight of the injured persons were admitted to the civic-run Sion hospital, while two others were taken to the Bhabha Hospital, another …
