11-year-old boy dead, another injured as house wall collapses in Mahalingapur

BAGALKOT: A 11-year-old boy died and another was injured after the tin roof and a wall of their house collapsed due to continuous heavy rainfall overnight at Mahalingapur in Rabkavi-Banahatti taluk on Saturday.

The deceased was indentified as Darshan Latur while the injured Shreeshail was admitted to the government hospital. The accident occurred around 5 am when the boys were sleeping with their mother in a room. The roof and wall collapsed as the mother got up and moved to another room.

The house, near Ambedkar Circle in Mahalingapur, belongs to Darshan’s father Nagappa Latur Revenue and police department officials visited the site and inspected the damage.