Three people were killed and two others injured after a wall collapsed due to loud music being played during Ganesh immersion in Satara late on Monday evening.

The incident took place in the Rajpath area of the city, when the procession was moving towards a pond for the immersion of the Ganesh idol after the Ganesh Chaturthi festival. The wall, adjacent to an LIC building, collapsed due to loud music being played. The three people who lost their lives and the two injured were eating vada paav at an adjacent stall when the incident occurred.

Three people lost their lives after becoming trapped under debris, while two other injured are being treated at civil hospital.

More details are awaited.