The Holi celebrations for a gaggle of 5 teenage boys resulted in a tragedy after certainly one of them drowned and one other went lacking within the sea at Mumbai’s Mahim on Monday afternoon. The group had gone for a swim within the sea between Mahim and Shivaji Park coast after enjoying Holi when the incident occurred, information company PTI reported citing an official.
Nevertheless, the rescuers managed to avoid wasting three of the boys, an official said.
The incident occurred after a few of the boys entered into the deep water whereas swimming however began drowning. Seeing this, their pals rushed to assist however struggled to remain afloat themselves, the official said.
The lifeguards deployed on the Chowpatty close to Mahim’s Hinduja hospital pulled 4 youths out of the ocean with the assistance of the fireplace brigade personnel. They reported {that a} youth was lacking, the official added.
Following their rescue, the boys have been then rushed to Hinduja Hospital the place one of many boys was declared useless throughout the remedy. The deceased has been recognized as Harsh Kinjale (19).
Out of the three boys rescued, two of them have been unhurt whereas their 17 -year-old buddy’s situation is now secure, the official said.
“The search and rescue operation was stopped within the late night because of darkish,” PTI quoted the official saying.
9 Hospitalised In Mumbai For Sustaining Accidents Throughout Holi Celebrations
Round 70 folks have been rushed to numerous civic hospitals in Mumbai on Monday after they sustained accidents throughout Holi celebrations, out of which at the very least 9 of them required hospitalised, TOI reported.
19 sufferers visited KEM Hospital in Parel out of which three of them have been admitted. Two of them had suffered severe head accidents whereas certainly one of them was admitted to the orthopedic division.
Three folks have been admitted to the BYL Nair Hospital in Mumbai Central after they have been injured because of falls and assaults. One in all them suffered a watch damage brought on by a water balloon.
As per the report, there have been three burn-related instances, together with one involving chemical burns.