THANE: Two minor sisters died after a stack of plywood sheets fell on them at a godown in Maharashtra's Thane district, police said on Monday. The incident took place around 9 pm on Sunday when the girls were sleeping in their father's godown in Shil area of Thane, police inspector CJ Jadhav said.
He said that a dog jumped on the stack following which the plywood sheets fell on the girls, trapping them. "The girls, aged 9 and 11 years, were taken to a civic-run hospital where they died while undergoing treatment," he said.
He added that a case of accidental death was registered.