In freak mishap, 3 drown in Mumbai well
Tuesday - October 2, 2018 9:08 pm ,
Category : INDIA
Mumbai Oct 2 (IANS) In a freak accident three persons including a minor girl drowned in a well when a protective grill on which they were standing suddenly crashed on Tuesday an official said here.
The incident occurred on Dixit Road in Vile Parle east during a puja celebration at the well around 30 feet deep. Many other women and children were also present at the scene.
According to a BMC official the protective iron grill on the 20-feet diameter well wall on which they stood to perform the puja gave away and collapsed hurtling several devotees into the deep water below shortly before 7 p.m.
Locals managed to rescue at least two - a four-year-old boy and a teenaged girl - and at least one woman was suspected to be missing this evening.
The fire brigade rushed to the spot and retrieved the bodies of three victims: Madhavi V. Pandey 49 Renu U. Yadav 20 and a three-year-old girl Divya.
The injured have been admitted to Cooper Hospital and the rescuers launched an operation to empty the well.
--IANS qn/mr
The incident occurred on Dixit Road in Vile Parle east during a puja celebration at the well around 30 feet deep. Many other women and children were also present at the scene.
According to a BMC official the protective iron grill on the 20-feet diameter well wall on which they stood to perform the puja gave away and collapsed hurtling several devotees into the deep water below shortly before 7 p.m.
Locals managed to rescue at least two - a four-year-old boy and a teenaged girl - and at least one woman was suspected to be missing this evening.
The fire brigade rushed to the spot and retrieved the bodies of three victims: Madhavi V. Pandey 49 Renu U. Yadav 20 and a three-year-old girl Divya.
The injured have been admitted to Cooper Hospital and the rescuers launched an operation to empty the well.
--IANS qn/mr
