MUMBAI: A 60-year-old man died while five persons suffered injuries after a tree fell on them at MG road near Metro Cinema at
Azad Maidan in
South Mumbai. The incident took place on Sunday evening and all the injured were rushed to GT hospital. Of the five injured in the incident two persons have been shifted to ICU while the other three have sustained minor injuries said BMC officials.
According to information provided by GT Hospital, a total of six people were rushed to the hospital with varying injuries. The deceased has been identified as Barsingh. His family, including his son, was present nearby when the senior citizen entered the restroom on which the tree fell.
The doctor-on-duty said that two more people were shifted to the ICU with head injuries and multiple fractures. Of them one is an unidentified 60—year-old man who has suffered temporal (head) and chest fractures. Another injured Santosh Singh (28) has been shifted to the ICU with injuries to his head and leg. A 55-year-old vendor too was among those who sustained injuries due to the tree fall. Ramvilas Soni has suffered a fracture on his left leg. He is stable, doctors said. Salimuddin Shaikh, who too was with his family, escaped with minor injuries. Doctors however said he came to hospital but there were no visible injuries. “He did not require any treatment,” the doctors said.
