Building collapse in Ahmedabad; girl killed, 6 injured(Video)
August 24, 2012
Ahmedabad, 24 August 2012
A girl died and six others were injured when a dilapidated three-storeyed building collapsed in Ahmedabad’ Sarangpur area based Piplawali pol on Friday.
A woman teacher was giving private tuitions to six of her students when the incident happened. They all were trapped under the debris, and later rescued by local people and fire jawans.
The six injured were rushed to the V S hospital. The teacher, who herself tried to save the girls, sustained fracture in her leg while five other girls had some minor injuries.
Another girl, who was rushed to the L G Hospital in Ahmedabad, succumbed to her injuries.
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