Indore: Woman Killed After Hoarding Board Hits During Gusty Winds

Indore (Madhya Pradesh): A 54-year-old woman, who was returning home with her nephew and got critically injured after a hoarding board was torn down due to gusty winds on Wednesday evening, died during treatment in a city hospital, police said on Thursday.

The woman was a pillion rider on a bike and she had fallen after being hit by the board and she had received serious head injury in the accident.

DSP (Headquarters) Umakant Choudhary informed Free Press that the deceased was identified as Geeta Ramesh Yadav, a resident of Sanawadiya village. On Wednesday, she and her nephew Vedprakash had gone to attend a family programme somewhere in the city.

While returning home, a hoarding board tore down and hit her in the head near Shashi Enclave Township in Sanawadiya around 6 pm. She fell from the bike and got critically injured in the accident.

Vedprakash with the help of the residents took her to a hospital in Rajendra Nagar area where she died during treatment on Thursday morning.

After receiving death information, Rajendra Nagar police conducted the postmortem of the body and the case diary would be sent to the Khudel police station for further investigation into the case.