Man Injured After Street Light Pole Falls on Him in Thane

Thane: A 42-year-old man sustained injuries after a street light pole fell on him in Maharashtra’s Thane city on Tuesday morning, a civic official said.

The accident occurred when the luggage tied to the roof of a bus got entangled with a cable on a street light pole and pulled it down, said Yasin Tadvi, chief of the civic disaster management cell.

The pole fell on a pedestrian, and he sustained injuries, he said.

The man is undergoing treatment at a hospital, the official said.

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