Seventeen workers killed after being crushed in India crane collapse

This handout photograph taken on August 1, 2023 and released by India's National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) shows members of NDRF inspecting the site of an under construction Samruddhi Expressway where a crane collapsed on slab of the bridge in Thane district of India's Maharashtra state. At least 17 workers were crushed to death early August 1 in western India when a crane collapsed along an under-construction expressway, disaster response officials said. - AFP

MUMBAI (AFP): At least 17 workers were crushed to death in western India on Tuesday when a crane collapsed above an under-construction expressway outside the financial capital Mumbai, disaster response officials said.

The crane toppled onto large concrete slabs during the night, with debris then smashing down as labourers worked on the Samruddhi Expressway in Maharashtra state, India's National Disaster Response Force (NRDF) said.