Kolkata: Death toll in Majerhat bridge collapse reaches four as an injured person dies
Kolkata, Oct (IBNS): A 56-year-old Kolkata man, who was seriously injured in Majerhat rail-over-bridge (ROB) collapse and was undergoing treatment for the past several days, died on Thursday, taking the death toll in the accident to four, reports said on Friday.
Jamal Hanif, a resident of central Kolkata's Alimuddin Street, was pronounced dead in a city hospital on Thursday night, exactly one month after the mishap took place.
Earlier on Sep 4, portion of a rail-over-bridge collapsed at Majerhat area leaving a Behala youth dead on the spot and several others injured.
Days later, bodies of two Metro railway workers were recovered from the rubble.
Jamal Hanif, who had a business of medicines and medical equipment, was among the injured and sustaining severe wounds in waist and backbone, he underwent treatment at privately-run CMRI hospital at Ekbalpore area.
Weeks ago, the man was discharged from the hospital and his health condition suddenly deteriorated on Thursday.
His family members rushed him to a nearby hospital where the 56-year-old trader was pronounced dead.
(Reporting by Deepayan Sinha)
Support Our Journalism
We cannot do without you.. your contribution supports unbiased journalism
IBNS is not driven by any ism- not wokeism, not racism, not skewed secularism, not hyper right-wing or left liberal ideals, nor by any hardline religious beliefs or hyper nationalism. We want to serve you good old objective news, as they are. We do not judge or preach. We let people decide for themselves. We only try to present factual and well-sourced news.
