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Girl dies, 6 injured in building collapse in Guj

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Press Trust of India Ahmedabad

The three-storeyed residential building in Piplawali Pol, a colony in Sarangpur area of the city, has collapsed, additional chief fire officer, Ahmedabad, Rajesh Bhatt, said.

A lady teacher and six of her students were trapped under the debris, he said.

She was giving private tuitions to the girls in the ill-fated structure when the mishap occurred.

Following the rescue efforts by fire department and local people, the six injured were rushed to the V S hospital.

Another girl, who was rushed to the L G Hospital here, succumbed to injuries, Bhatt said.

The teacher, who herself tried to save the girls, sustained fracture in her leg while five other girls suffered minor injuries.

 

  

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First Published: Aug 24 2012 | 2:35 PM IST

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