Landslide kills five-year-old in Mumbai

July 31, 2014 02:46 pm | Updated 02:46 pm IST - MUMBAI:

A five-year-old was killed due to landslide in Chembur’s Vashinaka area in Mumbai on Thursday morning. Due to incessant rains, a part of the hill came crashing on a makeshift shanty at 8.30 am, police said.

The boy – Ganeshkumar Kurade – was rushed immediately to the hospital after the accident. “The locals rescued the boy and took him to Shatabdi hospital where he was declared dead,” fire brigade officials said.

Police said the boy was accompanied by his family members when the mishap took place. “But the rubble fell mainly on him. The other family members had a miraculous escape. No one else was hurt,” a police official from RCF police station said.

Fire brigade officials carried relief operation at the site, and cleared the rubble. “No one was trapped under the debris. We cleared the site. The boy was the only one injured, and he was taken to the hospital by the locals even before we reached the spot,” a fire brigade official said.

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