This is the horror moment a crane carrying a religious idol at an Indian festival collapsed and kills four people.
A crane carrying a religious idol at an Indian festival collapsed and killed four people.
Large crowds had gathered in the town of Nemili, in the South East of the country about 50 miles west of Chennai, for the Draupathi Amman festival yesterday. The procession included a mobile crane, which was carrying eight people suspended about 25 feet above the ground.It collapsed close to the Draupathi temple, sending onlookers running in all directions.The four victims were identified as Chinnasamy, 60; S Bhoopalan, 40; K Muthukumar, 39; and B Jothibabu, 17. Another nine people have been injured.
Police spokeswoman Deepa Satyan said the disaster may have happened because the machinery was operating on uneven ground.The crane’s operator has reportedly been taken into custody as the investigation continues.last October when a bridge over the Machchhu river collapsed in Gujarat, in the west of India.