3 dead, 9 injured in crane accident on set of Kamal Haasan's Indian 2

Three people died while 9 suffered injuries after a crane collapsed on the set of the movie, Indian 2 during the shooting of the film near Chennai on Wednesday night.

Chennai: Three people were killed while nine more were injured in a crane accident on the set of actor Kamal Haasan's upcoming film Indian 2 on Wednesday, police said.

Haasan was unharmed, film industry sources said, adding that the injured were undergoing treatment at a hospital.

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The accident took at suburban Nazrathpet when the crane employed to erect the set crashed, killing three and leaving nine injured, police said, without divulging further details.

Madhu, personal assistant to director Shankar, Krishna, assistant director, and a staffer Chandran, have lost their lives in the incident.

The shoot was underway at a private cinema studio, they added.