Mumbai: Teenager, elderly man among 4 injured in crane accident at under-construction site

Four people, including an 18-year-old man and a senior citizen, were injured after a part of a crane broke at an under-construction site and fell on a few huts in suburban Chembur on Wednesday, a civic official said.

The official said two of them suffered serious injuries and were undergoing treatment in the ICU of different private hospitals in Mumbai.

The teenager and the elderly man aged 60 suffered minor injuries and were discharged from a hospital after receiving treatment, he said.

The incident occurred around 3.45 pm at the site of Deserva building in the Vashi Naka area of the suburb, said the official from the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC).

A portion of the crane with a length of about 150 feet snapped at the high-rise building site and fell on two to three huts in the vicinity, he said.