Narrow escape for techie, others as electricity pole crashes on cars in Ghaziabad

Ghaziabad | Saturday | 12th January, 2019

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We will ask the municipal corporation to provide details as to how the accident took place,” discom executive engineer Gyanendra Dwivedi said.The pole was yet to be removed from above the vehicles at 5 pm, more than four hours after the incident took place. It is certain that the pole was dilapidated and weak in structure. Any further action will be taken only after we identify the agency or person that is culpable for the incident,” said acting SHO of Indirapuram, Rishipal Singh. There was no electricity flowing through the cables either. No one was, however, injured.According to eyewitnesses, the incident took place when an earthmover was moving near the rear boundary wall of the municipal corporation.“The pole got uprooted as the overhead electricity cables were stretched after getting entangled with the loader of the earthmover..