New Delhi: Two persons, including a boy, were injured after a traffic pole suddenly fell in central Delhi’s Connaught Place Tuesday night, police said.According to sources, the boy, aged 12-13 years, was travelling in an auto, while the other person, around 50 years old, was passing through the area on a scooter. The pole suddenly fell, hitting the two and injuring them. The exact circumstances that led to the fall are being investigated.On receiving the information, a police team reached the spot. The injured were taken to a nearby hospital. Their condition was not known.Preliminary information suggests that the pole may have fallen unexpectedly, but officials are examining whether it was due to structural weakness, a technical fault or some other reason. Police are collecting details from eyewitnesses and checking available CCTV footage to reconstruct the sequence of events.
