A major accident occurred at an under-construction metro project site at Bandra Kurla Complex (BKC) on Wednesday. The accident in Mumbai’s BKC area triggered panic in the busy commercial hub after a massive structural beam collapsed during installation.
#WATCH | Mumbai: A major accident occurred at the Metro construction site in Bandra Kurla Complex, Mumbai, where an entire beam fell while being lifted onto a pillar. During this, the mobile crane used to hoist the beam also toppled over.
(Early morning visuals from the spot… pic.twitter.com/h12rWEf9R4
— ANI (@ANI) April 15, 2026
The incident took place when a large concrete beam was being lifted and positioned onto a pillar using a crane at the metro construction site in BKC. Midway through the operation, the crane that was positioning the pillar experienced a technical failure, causing the beam to fall on the ground, as reported by PTI.
Speaking about the accident, MMRDA director Basavaraj MB said, “As per our initial investigation, there was a gear failure in the lifting boom of one crane. After the failure, the load shifted to another crane, which caused it to tilt. The road will be reopened for traffic within 3-4 hours,” as cited by PTI.
The accident at Mumbai`s one of the busiest circuits will surely impact the traffic during the peak hours. However, authorities have already initiated efforts to clear the chaos.
With no injuries reported as of yet, further details are still awaited.
One dead, four injured after a car rams into a trailer in Kalwa
In a different scenario on April 15, one person was killed, and four others were injured after a car rammed into a stationary trailer truck during the early hours of Tuesday on the Mumbai-Nashik highway near Kalwa. Out of the four injured, three people are critically injured, while one experienced minor injuries.
As per the official statement from the Disaster Management Cell of the Thane Municipal Corporation, the accident was reported around 3:55 am near the Nayara petrol pump at Kharegaon Toll Naka on the Mumbai-bound carriageway in Thane.
Preliminary information indicates that the driver of a Hyundai Aura car, identified as Deepak Patekar (26), lost control of the vehicle and crashed into a stationary Ashok Leyland trailer parked ahead. The impact was so severe that he was killed inside the mangled car.
As soon as the accident was reported, rescue teams comprising personnel from the fire brigade, disaster management cell, Kalwa police, and traffic police rushed to the spot.
Using specialised equipment, they extricated the driver who got trapped inside the car after the impact. The authorities then further shifted him to Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Hospital, where doctors declared him dead on arrival due to severe head injuries.
