India, Dec. 18 -- At least one flat in the Udayan Darshan Co-operative Housing Society in Dadar West was damaged when a piling crane crashed into the building on Tuesday evening. The crane was being used at a construction site adjacent to the housing society, and the developer, contractor and other functionaries have been booked for negligence, police said.

"Around 4pm on Tuesday, residents heard a huge thud and thought it was an earthquake. Later, they realised that a crane had come crashing down, bringing down parts of some walls and windows," a police officer familiar with the matter told Hindustan Times.

The crash damaged the bedroom window of the fourth floor flat, as well as the bed and curtains, with the total loss estimated at R...