One person lost his life and another person got injured after a car parking lift collapsed at a ground-plus-21-storeyed Borivali high-rise in Mumbai on Saturday afternoon.
Car parking lifts are hydraulic platforms that use vertical lifting mechanisms to maximise parking space. Instead of parking cars horizontally, a car parking lift stacks vehicles vertically, allowing more cars to be accommodated in a smaller footprint.
According to the disaster cell of the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC), the deceased has been identified as Shunham Dhuri, 30, while the injured person has been identified as Sunjeet Yadav, 45.
“A car lift used for lifting vehicles inside a parking lot collapsed. The lift fell seven metres deep into its pit, and two people got trapped. Following this, the Mumbai Fire Brigade reached the spot and the trapped persons were rescued and sent to the hospital,” said a civic official.
The incident was reported around 12.00 hrs on Saturday afternoon. After the two individuals were taken to the hospital, Dhuri was declared dead, while Yadav was undergoing treatment and was reported to be in a stable condition.