Maharashtra: Truck falls upside down in premises of city post office in Pune, rescue operation underway

Pune (Maharashtra) [India], September 20 : A truck fell upside down in the premises of the city post office in the Budwar Peth area of Pune city after a portion of the premises caved in on Friday, CCTV footage from the Pune City Post Office showed.
Fire department officials said that the driver jumped off the vehicle, so he is safe.
The truck belonged to the Pune municipal corporation and was there for drainage cleaning work.
20 Jawans of the fire department and police officials arrived at the spot for the rescue operation.

Fire Department Pro Nilesh Mahajan said, "At 4.15 we received a call that at the City Post Office on Laxmi Road a truck fell after the road caved in. Our two fire vehicles reached the spot. We came to know that the truck was there to carry out drainage cleaning work. The driver jumped off the vehicle, so he is safe. Metro officials have arrived here. We have called JCB machines and cranes to pull the truck out. Our priority is to take out the vehicle. The pit might be 40-50 feet deep."
He further said that the reason why the road caved in has not been assertained yet.
"There is information that two other bikes parked here have also fallen in the pit," he added.