Thane: A 17-year-old boy was killed when the ceiling plaster of a flat in a four-storey building fell in Maharashtra's Thane district, police said on Sunday.
The incident took place at around 8 pm on Saturday in the flat located at Kharivali in Bhiwandi area where a couple resided with their two sons and a daughter.
The ceiling plaster of the flat located on the building's second floor suddenly collapsed and fell on the house occupants, an official from Bhoiwada police station said.
A minor son of the couple received severe injuries and died, he said.
The body was sent for postmortem to the IGM government hospital and a case of accidental death was registered, the official said.
Published 18 August 2024, 04:38 IST