New Delhi, May 3 -- Storm uproots tree, crushes home in Najafgarh
A 28-year-old woman and her three children died when their house in Najafgarh area collapsed after a tree fell on it during heavy rain in the national Capital on Friday morning. Another incident was reported at Dwarka's Chhawla area, where three people sustained minor injuries when a wall collapsed. Deputy Commissioner of Police (Dwarka) Ankit Singh said a PCR call at 5.26 am reported a house collapse in Kharkhari Nahar village in Najafgarh.
When police reached the spot, they found that strong gusty winds that accompanied the rain had uprooted a neem tree that crashed onto a small one-room house in the area. A family of five was trapped under the debris, he said.
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