Pune, August 2: A three-and-half-year-old girl died after the metal gate of a housing society in Pimpri Chinchwad in Pune fell on her, a police official said on Thursday. The incident took place in Bopkhel on Wednesday when she was playing with other children, he said.
A video of the incident, which showed a child running towards a house to inform residents, went viral on social media. In the video, a man can be seen arriving at the site and lifting the injured child. Pune Horror: Child Dies As Metal Gate Falls on Her in Pimpri Chinchwad, Disturbing Video Surfaces.
Child Dies As Metal Gate Falls on Her (Trigger Warning)
🚨 Disturbing Video Alert 🚨#Pune: A tragic incident occurred in Colony No. 2, Ganeshnagar, near Bopkhel, Pimpri Chinchwad, Pune, where a minor girl lost her life as a gate fell on her on Wednesday (31st July 2024). The heartbreaking event was captured on CCTV.
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"While they were playing, one child closed the sliding metal gate. The gate fell when the three-and-half-year-old child ran towards it. It seems the gate came out of the sliding channel and fell. An accidental death case has been registered," the Pimpri Chinchwad police station official said.
Pune, August 2: A three-and-half-year-old girl died after the metal gate of a housing society in Pimpri Chinchwad in Pune fell on her, a police official said on Thursday. The incident took place in Bopkhel on Wednesday when she was playing with other children, he said.
A video of the incident, which showed a child running towards a house to inform residents, went viral on social media. In the video, a man can be seen arriving at the site and lifting the injured child. Pune Horror: Child Dies As Metal Gate Falls on Her in Pimpri Chinchwad, Disturbing Video Surfaces.
Child Dies As Metal Gate Falls on Her (Trigger Warning)
🚨 Disturbing Video Alert 🚨#Pune: A tragic incident occurred in Colony No. 2, Ganeshnagar, near Bopkhel, Pimpri Chinchwad, Pune, where a minor girl lost her life as a gate fell on her on Wednesday (31st July 2024). The heartbreaking event was captured on CCTV.
Parents keep… pic.twitter.com/bnKrWZpTdY
— Punekar News (@punekarnews) August 1, 2024
"While they were playing, one child closed the sliding metal gate. The gate fell when the three-and-half-year-old child ran towards it. It seems the gate came out of the sliding channel and fell. An accidental death case has been registered," the Pimpri Chinchwad police station official said.