Crane bucket falls in well as cable snaps, two killed in Pune village

The incident took place around 1.30 pm on Monday.

The incident took place at a site where a well was being constructed by the gram panchayat of Kolwadi village in Bhor taluka, located around 60 kilometres from Pune City. (Representational Image)

Two labourers were killed after a crane bucket in which they were being lowered into an under construction well in Bhor taluka Pune district got detached due to a cable snapping, resulting in the two plummeting 50 feet.

The incident took place at a site where a well was being constructed by the gram panchayat of Kolwadi village in Bhor taluka, located around 60 kilometres from Pune City.

Police have identified the deceased as Ankush Prabhakar Gedam (24), a resident of Gadchiroli district of Maharashtra and Vijendra Ramanand Bharadwaj (49), a native of Uttar Pradesh.

The incident took place around 1.30 pm on Monday.

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“Probe suggests that the labourers were being lowered into the well in the crane bucket. The cable of the bucket suddenly snapped and it fell into the well. Both of them sustained severe injuries.

Gedam was pronounced dead on arrival at the hospital, while Bharadwaj succumbed to his injuries later while being treated. We have registered a case of accidental death and a probe has been launched into the sequence of events and the causes.” said Inspector Rajesh Gawali, in-charge of Rajgad police station.

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