According to reports, one labourer died and eight others — seven labourers and a trailer driver — were injured after a portion of the under-construction flyover at Jasai village of Uran, Navi Mumbai, came down.
The incident happened around 4.15 pm on Tuesday, November 2, when the workers were on top of the under-construction flyover.
An official said that some of the labourers were on top and some were standing below. The labourers on the top were putting cement concrete on the girder when the concrete slab collapsed.
Meanwhile, deputy commissioner of police (zone 2), Shivraj Patil said that there were 13 labourers, of which seven were injured and one died. Of the injured, one is critical.
The deceased has been identified as Mohammad Muzammil Fajrum Rahmal Alam, 20, from Bihar but was located at Jasai. Apart from the labourers, Om Prakash Banu Bhardwaj, 48, a trailer driver passing along the flyover was also injured. Following the incident, the materials had fallen to both the sides of the road and the traffic was blocked for around two hours.
An FIR has been filed against the company who were given the contract of the flyover by National Highways Authority of India.
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