As heavy rains continued to pound Mumbai on Sunday, a young man who was passing by near a road lost his life after a grill along with a wall collapsed onto the pavement. In another incident, an 18-year-old motorcyclist and a senior citizen lost their lives in tree-collapse incidents, pushing the death toll from such tragedies in the city to three in less than a week. Such incidents have witnessed a sharp rise as the city is battling torrential rains since the past two days and an alert for heavy downpour on Monday as well.
Tree Fall Deaths
According to civic officials, a tree collapsed on a shop near the Hindi BMC School in the Naupada locality of Kurla West around 12.40 pm.
The victim, Yunus Kundawala, was extricated from the debris and rushed to Fauzia Hospital, where doctors declared him brought dead, they said.
Mayor Ritu Tawde visited the site and also announced immediate financial assistance of Rs 5 lakh for the family of the deceased.
In a separate incident, an 18-year-old boy died after a tree branch fell on him while he was riding a motorcycle in the Aarey Colony area of Goregaon East.
While the incident took place on Saturday afternoon, it was reported to the authorities on Sunday, a civic official said.
The victim, Kamar Hasan Raza Jahangir Alam Syed, was travelling on a motorcycle with his friends when a tree branch snapped and fell on his head, he said. He was rushed to a hospital, where the doctors declared him dead, he said.
These incidents have occurred days after an 11-year-old boy was similarly killed and several others were injured after a tree uprooted and fell onto a moving school bus in Chembur on June 30.
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