17 killed after crane collapses in India

At least 17 workers were crushed to death and three others injured early Tuesday after a crane collapsed on a bridge slab during the construction of the third phase of the Samruddhi Expressway in Maharashtra’s Thane district, India.

Report informs via Hindustan Times that, according to officials, the accident took place near Sarlambe village under the Shahapur tehsil, around 80 km from Mumbai. The equipment that collapsed was a special-purpose mobile gantry crane used in bridge construction and to install precast box girders in highway construction projects, they said.

Soon after the accident, teams of the police, fire brigade, and the National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) were deployed for rescue operations. The three injured workers have been rushed to a nearby hospital for treatment.

According to officials, at least six more people are feared trapped under the debris.