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17 workers killed as crane falls on bridge slab during Samruddhi Expressway construction in Maharashtra

Published by: thefactnews
The Fact News Service
Mumbai, August 1

Seventeen workers were killed and three injured as a crane fell on a bridge slab during construction of the third phase of Samruddhi Expressway in Maharashtra’s Thane district on Tuesday, an official said.

“A few persons are still feared trapped and efforts are on to rescue them,” an NDRF official said.

Three persons were injured in the incident and they were being treated at Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Hospital at Kalva in Thane, he said.

Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis in a tweet said he had ordered a probe into the incident.

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