Thane: Ragpicker Killed As Heavy Metal Plate at Metro Work Site Falls on Her Near Eastern Express Highway, Probe Underway

Thane, January 5: A 37-year-old woman was crushed to death when a heavy metal plate fell on her at the site of a Metro construction work in Maharashtra’s Thane city on Thursday morning, civic officials said.

The incident took place near a mall on the Eastern Express Highway here, they said. The woman, who was a scrap collector, was below a girder. A metal plate from the girder fell on her, Thane Municipal Corporation’s regional disaster management cell (RDMC) chief Avinash Sawant said. Thane Shocker: Teenage Girl, Boyfriend Stab Her Mother to Death in Mumbra After She Opposed Their Friendship, Both Accused Absconding.

An official from Rabodi police station said the woman crossed a barricade and entered a pit dug for a pillar (at the construction site) when the metal plate fell on her. Local firemen and a team of the RDMC rushed to the spot and pulled her out of the pit, Sawant said. Thane Shocker: Man Assaults Wife, Throws Her Out of Moving Autorickshaw After Quarrel; Booked.

The woman, identified as Sunita Kamble, died on the spot, he said. The body was sent to a government hospital for post-mortem, Sawant said. A probe was on into the incident, the police said.

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