Mumbai : A 14-year-old woman died on Sunday, per week after she sustained essential accidents when a tree from a building website fell on an autorickshaw she was travelling within the western suburbs right here, police mentioned. One other lady, who was injured within the accident that occurred close to Khar on Could 10, stays in a essential situation, they mentioned.

A tree collapsed from a building website onto the three-wheeler, critically injuring the victims, Erica Shrivastav and Harshita Kumar (21), an official mentioned.

Shrivastav died in the course of the day whereas present process therapy at Hinduja Hospital, he mentioned, including that the victims had suffered extreme head and spinal accidents within the accident.

Earlier this week, the police registered a case towards Bluestone Development Firm underneath sections 125(B) (act of endangering life or private security of others) and 290 (negligent conduct with respect to flattening, repairing or developing buildings) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS).

Visuals from the spot confirmed the tree crashing via metallic security sheets put in across the building website earlier than falling onto the footpath and the passing autorickshaw. Employees had been later seen reducing and eradicating elements of the fallen tree whereas the victims had been extricated from the mangled automobile.

No arrests have been made up to now, and additional investigation is underway.