At least four persons were killed and 12 others injured on Sunday morning in a major mishap at an under-construction site of the Delhi Metro Rail Corporation in the national capital.
The accident occurred near Lady Shri Ram College in Dhamrutpur near Lajpat Nagar around 5:00 am, when a pillar of the Metro project collapsed and with it concrete slabs (flyover) being laid came crashing down on the ground. Nearly 35 labourers were working at the site at the time of the mishap.
Delhi Metro spokesperson Anuj Dayal said seven persons were injured in the incident, while eyewitnesses pegged the figure at over 12. The injured have been rushed to the AIIMS.
Dayal said it was "a structural collapse and we are investigating the matter."
"It appears there is a problem in design of the peer of the bridge. We were trying to rectify it," he said.
A water pipeline burst as a result of the crash and flooded the nearby houses.
Police officials and ambulances have rushed to the spot and are carrying out the rescue operations. The injured have been rushed to the nearby AIIMS hospital.
Police have also barricaded the area around the site of the accident and stopped the flow of the traffic on the busy road.
In a similar incident in October last year, two persons were killed and 16 others injured when a portion of an under-construction bridge of the Delhi Metro collapsed and fell on a bus on Vikas Marg in east Delhi's Lakshmi Nagar area.
Delhi Metro spokesperson Anuj Dayal said seven persons were injured in the incident, while eyewitnesses pegged the figure at over 12. The injured have been rushed to the AIIMS.
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