Mumbai hoarding collapse: 23-year-old was on way to deliver medicines when tragedy struck him

MUMBAI: Twenty-three-year-old Bharat Rathod was on his way to deliver medicines when he made a pit stop to fill petrol. Suddenly, as the rain poured down, the billboard began shaking violently and eventually came crashing down. Rathod’s friend, who was riding pillion with him, shared the harrowing account with the family. The friend is now in the ICU with severe head injuries.
A sole breadwinner for his family and a resident of Golibar Nagar in Ghatkopar, Rathod had been in this line of work for several years. His younger sister and brother were inconsolable when the doctors at Rajawadi Hospital pronounced him dead.
"He was very dedicated towards his work. Come rain or shine, he would go out to deliver medicines," said his close friend Milind Kawle. Kawle mentioned that the injured friend managed to call their office to report the accident. "The family was hoping he had survived with injuries but later they found out he was among the deceased," said Kawle.