New Delhi, Sep 22 (PTI) A 73-year-old man died on Friday after a heavy hoarding fell on him while he was trying to install it near Nangloi bus depot in northwest Delhi, police said.

The deceased, Sardar Trilok Singh, a resident of Tagore Garden Extension here, was a hoarding supplier who was working on contract with the Public Works Department, they added.

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The incident took place when Singh with a few others was installing a heavy board. The belt of the PWD crane suddenly broke and the heavy board fell on Singh, following which he got injured and fell unconscious, a senior police officer said.

On learning about the incident through a PCR call, the police reached the spot and found the man in an unconscious condition, the officer said.

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Singh was rushed to a hospital, where he was declared brought dead, the officer added.

A case has been lodged under Sections 287 (negligent conduct with respect to machinery) and 304-A (causing death by negligence) of the Indian Penal Code, the police said.

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