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One killed, 10 injured as hutments collapse in Thane

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Press Trust of India Thane
Last Updated : Sep 03 2014 | 2:40 PM IST
A minor girl was killed and 10 others injured when their hutments collapsed after huge boulders crashed on them following heavy rains at a slum colony in Bhiwandi town here.
While Shrushti Prashant Inamke (8) was buried alive last evening under the debris of the hutments at Ramnagar slum colony on Nagaon-Gayartri hillock, ten others sustained injuries in the mishap, district disaster control officer Dr Jaydeep Visawe said.
The injured were being treated at the state-owned IGM hospital, he said.
Firemen along with police officials and civic staff carried out rescue operation in the colony, he added.

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First Published: Sep 03 2014 | 2:40 PM IST

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