Fourteen dead, several feared trapped under billboard in freak accident during Mumbai rainstorm .
The billboard, located next to a busy road in the eastern suburb of Ghatkopar, collapsed on some houses and a petrol pump.
MUMBAI – At least fourteen people are dead, 61 injured and more than 40 feared trapped after a massive billboard fell during a rainstorm in India’s financial capital of Mumbai on May 13, local officials said.
The rainstorm was accompanied by gusty winds, causing the billboard, located next to a busy road in the eastern suburb of Ghatkopar to collapse on some houses and a petrol pump.
A rescue operation for the people remaining trapped under the billboard is ongoing. Fire services, police, disaster response officials and other authorities are all involved in the rescue efforts, the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation, the civic body that runs Mumbai, said on X.
