The workers were already working on the hoarding and they had attached ropes to it and were trying hard to pull it. Photo Credit: ANI The workers were already working on the hoarding and they had attached ropes to it and were trying hard to pull it.

Pune: After an over-sized hoarding fell on a busy road four persons have been killed and eleven were injured on Friday afternoon. In the wake of this incident, the railway engineer-Sanjay Singh has been arrested by the Pune police on charges of negligence. The massive hoarding was owned by the Railways and was also installed in Railway premises near the Shivaji Nagar Railway station.

The hoarding collapased when the commuters were waiting for the signal to turn green. The area witnesses heavy traffic throughout the day and is also one of the busiest areas of the city. Eyewitnesses said that at least six auto-rickshaws, two two-wheelers and one car came under the hoarding.

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According to a report by the Indian Express an eyewitness, Imran Shaikh said, he was rushing to the mosque for Friday prayers when he heard a tremendous thud right behind him. He was about 70 metres from the location of the hoardings. When he saw, an enormous structure had fallen on vehicles which were waiting to cross the signal. The people sitting in the auto rickshaw and a man who was on a scooter received worst injuries.

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Meanwhile, the workers were already working on the hoarding and they had attached ropes to it and were trying hard to pull it, so that it falls towards the railway premises but they lost the balance and it fell on the other side, killing four people. Six such hoardings were being removed, and four had been dismantled in July.