A 15-year-old girl in Bengaluru dies after a wooden pole falls on her

According to reports, a wooden pole fell on her head from an under-construction building in VV Puram, Bengaluru.

In a tragic incident, a 15-year-old girl lost her life due to severe head injuries after a wooden pole fell on her head from an under-construction building in VV Puram, Bengaluru, as per reports. The girl’s family has blamed the building’s owner and the engineer for the accident, citing negligence in the construction site’s safety measures.

A 15-year-old dies from severe head injuries in Bengaluru.

The teenage girl died of severe head injuries after a wooden pole fell on her while she was walking home from school in VV Puram on Saturday. The incident took place near the National College metro station on National High School Road. According to The Hindu, Tejeswani, a Class 10 student at Vasavi Vidya Niketan, was a resident of KG Nagar. On Saturday, she was walking home from school when a wooden pole supporting scaffolding on the sixth floor of an under-construction building detached and fell on her. Passers-by immediately took her to Victoria Hospital, but she was later transferred to NIMHANS. However, the young girl succumbed to her injuries later in the day.

The girl’s family blames the building’s owner and the engineer.

Her family has blamed the building’s owner and the engineer for the accident, citing negligence in the construction site’s safety measures. According to the publication, Tejeswani’s aunt Parvathy said, “This is a busy area, and many people, including children, pass by here regularly. It could have been avoided.”

The police have cordoned off the area and directed the construction workers to implement additional safety precautions, such as setting up a safety net around the building to protect pedestrians.