Three killed, eight in serious condition as crane collapses during temple festival in Tamil Nadu

CHENNAI: Three people were killed after a crane collapsed during a temple festival. The incident happened at the Draupathi temple of Tamil Nadu's Ranipet. K Muthu Kumar (39), S Bhoopalan (40) and B Jyothi Babu (17) are those killed. Eight sustained injuries in the accident that happened at 8.15 pm last night.

The accident happened when the crane carrying the idols of the temple collapsed during the procession as part of the Draupathi Amman Festival held after Pongal. The crane crashed to the crowd on the ground. Those atop the crane were those killed. The injured was admitted at the Arakkonam taluk hospital and primary health center in Ponnai. The condition of them is stated to be serious. The police have started an investigation.