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Woman Rag Picker Dies in Tree Crash in Mumbai; Second Such Incident in 2 Days – News18


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Mestri depended on rag-picking to earn a living. (Representative image)

As per the BMC’s disaster management department, the woman got trapped after a tree suddenly came crashing down on her at Sayani Road opposite Parel ST bus stand in the island city at around 10 am

A 57-year-old woman rag picker died after a tree fell on her in Mumbai on Tuesday morning, civic officials said, in the second such incident in two days.

As per the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation’s (BMC) disaster management department, the woman got trapped after a tree suddenly came crashing down on her at Sayani Road opposite Parel ST bus stand in the island city at around 10 am.

Local residents rescued the woman, Varsha Kantilal Mestri, and rushed her to nearby civic-run KEM Hospital, where she was declared dead, an official said.

Mestri depended on rag-picking to earn a living, he said.

On Monday, a 45-year-old man, Amit Jagtap, died when a roadside tree fell on him in Worli, central Mumbai.

(This story has not been edited by News18 staff and is published from a syndicated news agency feed – PTI)



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