{
  "id": 8801090,
  "title": "Third metro accident in 10 days: Cement slab falls from Line 9, injures passerby in Kashimira",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/20/third-metro-accident-in-10-days-cement-slab-falls-from-line-9-injures",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-09-20T23:50:45.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Indian Express",
    "slug": "the-indian-express",
    "url": "https://indianexpress.com/article/cities/mumbai/mumbai-metro-line-9-cement-slab-accident-10886673/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "In Mumbai, a third metro accident occurred within a span of 10 days, leaving a passerby injured. On Sunday, a cement slab from an under-construction section of Metro Line 9 fell onto the head of 23-year-old Shadab in Kashimira, Mira Bhayandar. The incident left Shadab with a severe head injury. Local residents reported that Shadab was walking beneath the elevated corridor when the slab struck him. He remained on the roadside for almost an hour, hidden from traffic by parked vehicles, before he was discovered and taken to Wockhardt Hospital via autorickshaw. The location of the incident is along Metro Line 9, which currently connects Dahisar with Mira Bhayandar. Of the three stations, two have opened, and the remaining three are scheduled to launch by December. A police officer confirmed the incident and mentioned that Shadab is receiving treatment, but he is currently unable to provide a statement. An FIR will be lodged on Monday. A local MNS leader, Sandeep Rane, stated that Shadab ran a mattress shop in Kashimira and was walking below the metro corridor and a parallel double-decker flyover when the cement block impacted him. The lack of barricades near the construction site is believed to be the cause of the accident. Rane pointed out that a similar occurrence happened a few weeks ago, where stones fell onto the road below, nearly endangering a school van. This is the third accident reported along Mumbai’s metro lines within the past 10 days.",
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  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
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  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 2,
    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "Free Press Journal",
        "title": "Mira Road Man Seriously Injured After Cement Block Falls From Metro Construction Site In Kashimira Area",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/20/mira-road-man-seriously-injured-after-cement-block-falls-from-metro",
        "published": "2026-09-20T19:08:13.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}