IN PHOTOS: Street light pole falls on Man in Thane

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 pole fell on a pedestrian, the official said. Pics/RDMC

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

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