Compound wall falls on tiled roof of house in Jokatte; 17-year-old sleeping in house killed
Panambur: In an incident reported from Gudde under the administration limits of Jokatte Gram Panchayat here, the compound wall collapsed on the roof of a house on Wednesday night, resulting in the death of a 17-year-old youngster, who was close relative of the family living in the house.
The victim of the mishap, Shailesh, was the son of Shankar, a resident of Kolnadu in Mulki, and was visiting his cousin living in Jokatte. As the compound wall fell on the tiled roof on the room where he was sleeping on Wednesday night, Shailesh was seriously injured and died.
His cousin Savitha, her husband Suresh and daughter Sakshi were sleeping in another room in the house. Savitha reportedly sustained minor injuries in the incident and was treated for the injuries.
Panambur Police, who have registered a case, visited the house for an inspection. The body of the deceased Shailesh has been shifted to the mortuary of AJ Hospital.
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Five railway staffers injured as van headed to Rajdhani Express fire site overturns in MP
Ratlam (MP) (PTI): Five railway staffers were injured, one of them critically, when their van carrying repair equipment to the site of a Rajdhani Express fire overturned in Madhya Pradesh's Ratlam district on Sunday, officials said.
The blaze erupted in an AC coach of the Delhi-bound Thiruvananthapuram-Hazrat Nizamuddin Rajdhani Express between Vikramgarh Alot and Lunirichha stations under the Kota division of the railways in Ratlam at 5.15 am.
It disrupted the movement of several trains on the Mumbai-Delhi route, as per the officials.
A van carrying necessary equipment to Alot overturned on the way when a cow suddenly strayed into the middle of the road, they said.
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Five railwaymen were injured, one of them critically, the officials said.
The incident took place when the van carrying essential equipment for overhead electric line repair, among other things, was on its way to Alot from Shyamnagar in Ratlam, West Central Railway's chief public relations officer Harshit Shrivastava told PTI.
The injured persons were rushed to the hospital and were subsequently referred to Kota in Rajasthan, officials said.
No casualties were reported in the train fire.
