In a terrific incident, two persons including an auto-rickshaw driver were killed on the spot when a huge tree fell on them in Thane city on Wednesday night, April 21, a civic official said.
According to the disaster management cell of the Thane Municipal Corporation, the accident took place near Dr Mus Marg, Ghantali, near Talao Pali lake in Thane west. The huge tree fell on the auto-rickshaw (MH 47 AZ 4822) at around 10 pm.
The police official said that both the auto-rickshaw driver and the passenger were trapped inside the mangled heap. The impact of the tree fall was such that the vehicle was almost half bent.
The fire brigade, a rescue vehicle, along with a disaster management cell and the local police carried out the rescue operation. The bodies were retrieved and sent to the nearby civic hospital. However, their identity is still to be ascertained.
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