Mumbai: Large portion of road caves in, several vehicles trapped; no casualty
The Hindu
The official said eight to 10 two-wheelers and four-five four-wheelers were trapped under the debris.
A huge portion of a road caved-in on Wednesday morning in Mumbai's Chunabhatti area, trapping several vehicles parked there, officials said.
There was no report of any casualty in the incident which took place at around 9 a.m., a fire brigade official said.
A civic official said the incident took place in Rahul Nagar close to the Eastern Express Highway in Chunabhatti area, where piling work was going on for a housing project of a construction company.
The official said as per information received from the fire brigade, a big portion of the land caved-in about 25 feet inside the huge excavated area dug for the building construction.
The official said eight to 10 two-wheelers and four-five four-wheelers were trapped under the debris.
A video of the incident went viral on social media, in which a white car was seen slipping down into the excavated area when the road caved-in.
Many other two-wheelers and four-wheelers which had already slipped down were also seen in the video.
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