Published 23:32 IST, July 27th 2024

Navi Mumbai Hit-And-Run: Auto Driver Dies After High-Speed SUV Rams, Drags It For Metres | VIDEO

An auto-rickshaw driver succumbed to injuries after a speeding Innova car rammed into the auto in Navi Mumbai.

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An auto-rickshaw driver succumbed to injuries after a speeding Innova car rammed into the auto in Navi Mumbai. | Image: Republic
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Navi Mumbai: An auto-rickshaw driver succumbed to injuries after a speeding Innova car rammed into the auto in Navi Mumbai. The incident took place at Navi Mumbai's Vashi Sector 9 on Saturday.

The chilling CCTV footage shows the high-speed SUV ramming into the auto leaving the by standers shaken. 

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3 Dead After 4-Storey Building Collapses

Three persons were killed and two others injured after a four-storey residential building collapsed in Navi Mumbai's CBD Belapur area early on Saturday, officials said.

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The two injured persons were pulled out alive from under the rubble after the incident that occurred at 4.50 am in Shahbaz village, they said, adding that the scale of the tragedy could have been bigger had 52 other residents of the building not been evacuated in time after cracks were noticed in it in the wee hours.

"The four-storey building with 13 residential units and three shops collapsed early this morning. A man and a woman who were trapped under the rubble were rescued and admitted to a hospital," Navi Mumbai Municipal Corporation (NMMC) Commissioner Kailas Shinde said.

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The National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) and the personnel of the civic body's fire brigade launched a rescue operation. Around noon, the body of a man was recovered from under the debris, while the bodies of two others were recovered hours later, a civic official said.

The deceased were identified as Mohammad Miraj Altaf Hussain (30), Miraj Saif Ansari (24) and Safique Ahmed Rahmat Ali Ansari (28). Their bodies were sent to a government hospital for post-mortem, he said.

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According to the municipal commissioner, the collapsed building was 10 years old and a probe will be conducted into the cause of the crash. (with PTI inputs)

22:37 IST, July 27th 2024