Pune: In a tragic incident, three people were killed while six others injured after a huge hoarding along with its iron frame collapsed on some vehicles here on Friday afternoon. The hoarding reportedly belonged to the Central Railways. The incident took place when the 40-feet-high hoarding, mounted on an iron frame, was being dismantled, a senior police officer told news agency PTI.

The hoarding was installed in the premises of Central Railways along the road at Shahir Amar Shaikh Chowk in Mangalwar Peth area in the heart of the city. Reports say negligence of safety measures led to the fatal fall of the hoarding on vehicles which included at least five auto-rickshaws.

"The hoarding was being dismantled at around 2pm by a contractor of the Railways. However, while dismantling it, the metal structure fell on the road side. There were some autorickshaws, two-wheelers and four wheelers at (a nearby traffic) signal when the huge structure collapsed on them,” B Singh, deputy commissioner of police (Zone I) was quoted by the news agency. He said three people were killed and six others sustained serious injuries.

The deceased have been identified as Shamrao Kasar, 70; Shamrao Dhotre, 48; and Shivaji Pardeshi, 40.

Vehicular traffic was affected due to the mishap.

Rs 5 lakh for victims

Railways have announced a compensation of Rs 5 lakh for the people who died & Rs 1 lakh for those seriously injured and Rs 50,000 for those injured.

More pictures from the site of accident below: