At least 10 people, including two children, were injured after part of a hydraulic crane at an under-construction building in Mumbai’s Kurla collapsed onto high-tension railway overhead wires, nearby slum huts, and a road early Friday, damaging several structures and vehicles.

The Chunnabhatti police said they received information at around 4 am that a part of the crane had collapsed. “We reached the spot and rescued several people. They were sent to local hospitals,” Manisha Kulkarni, Senior Police Inspector, Chunabhatti Police Station, said.

According to the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC), the hydraulic crane was being used to lift an excavator to the top of a ground-plus-17-floor under-construction building, where Sunny Company was carrying out demolition work.

During the operation, part of the crane fell, damaging overhead railway wires and nearby structures in Qureshi Nagar, as well as the road in Samrat Ashok Nagar. The crane also damaged the compound wall of a Maharashtra Housing and Area Development Authority (MHADA) building and three four-wheelers parked inside its compound.

According to BMC, eight injured people were taken to Sion Hospital, and two were shifted to Kurla Bhabha Hospital. Senior Police Inspector Kulkarni said that out of the 10, two people are in hospital and the others have been discharged.

Dr Navin, Assistant Medical Officer, Sion Hospital, said a three-month-old boy and a 10-year-old boy were among those being treated. The other injured are aged between 19 and 63 years and are in stable condition, he added.

Raju Gaud, 35, and Aarti Gaud, 30, admitted to Kurla Bhabha Hospital are also stable.

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The Chunnabhatti police said they will register a First Information Report (FIR) in this matter. “We will initiate the process of FIR registration as it is due to the accused’s negligence that the incident occurred,” Kulkarni said.