{"id":436768,"date":"2023-01-23T09:50:03","date_gmt":"2023-01-23T04:20:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/apnlive.com\/?p=436768"},"modified":"2023-03-04T03:15:10","modified_gmt":"2023-01-23T05:49:48","slug":"tamil-nadu-temple-accident-video","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/apnlive.com\/india-news\/tamil-nadu-temple-accident-video\/","title":{"rendered":"Three dead, 10 injured as crane collapses during temple festival near Chennai | WATCH"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Three people were killed, while 10 others were injured after a crane came crashing down on them during a temple festival in a village near Chennai in Tamil Nadu.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>According to reports, the accident happened during the Draupathi Amman festival at Kilveedhi village in Nemili near Chennai at 8.15 pm on Sunday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Reports quoting sources said that the mishap took place during the Mayileru event at the Mandi Amman temple in Nemili, where around 1500 people had gathered to celebrate the festival. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>During the Mayileru event, people attempted to garland the temple idols by getting onto a crane, which was unable to bear the weight and eventually collapsed leaving three people, who were reportedly atop the crane, dead, and 10 others injured.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A video of the horrifying incident, which surfaced online and has been widely viewed and shared, was caught on camera by a bystander on his phone.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Read Also<\/strong>: <a href=\"https:\/\/apnlive.com\/india-news\/pakistani-married-indian-man-bengaluru\/\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"https:\/\/apnlive.com\/india-news\/pakistani-married-indian-man-bengaluru\/\">Pakistani teen enters India illegally, married UP man; arrested for forging identity in Bengaluru<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-video\"><video controls src=\"https:\/\/d2r2ijn7njrktv.cloudfront.net\/apnlive\/uploads\/2023\/01\/23094225\/Tamil-nadu-temple-crane-accident.mp4\"><\/video><\/figure>\n\n\n<p>Police said the deceased have been identified as K.Muthukumar, 39, Boopalan, 40, and 17-year-old Jothibabu. 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