05 May 2010
Ajay Tiwari
Other accident
A reporter with a Hindi news channel was killed when a wall collapsed on him when he was covering a fire in south-west Delhi.
Ajay Tiwari (27), a reporter with a Noida-based TV channel, died inside a four-storey clothes godown in Rajapuri near Dwarka where a fire had broken out around 4:15pm. Tiwari was taking shots of the fire when a cylinder blast triggered a wall collapse. He was crushed inside the debris, said fire brigade officials. Police said the incident took place as the cylinder blast led to simultaneous blasts in two adjoining water pumps. The pressure of the water led to the wall collapse. Tiwari was rushed to a nearby hospital where he succumbed to his injuries. He was married with a three-year-old child.
