Wall Collapse In Maharashtra; 1 Died

The incident occurred around 8.30 pm…

Palghar: On Saturday, 12 November 2022, an 11-year-old boy died and a teenager injured after part of a bus depot's compound wall collapsed on them at Jawhar in Palghar district of Maharashtra, police said.

The incident occurred around 8.30 pm on Thursday, when a bus being moved in a reverse direction hit the wall, an official said.

A video of the mishap has gone viral on social media.

"The driver was reversing the bus when it hit the compound wall of Jawhar depot, due to which a large portion of the wall collapsed on those who were standing close to it.

While an 11-year-old boy died, another boy aged 15 suffered injuries in the incident," inspector Sudhir Sankhe of Jawhar police station said.

The body of the 11-year-old boy was sent to a government hospital for post-mortem, while the injured was undergoing treatment in the hospital, he said.

No arrest has been made so far in the case, he further added.