Mumbai: Driverless Truck Crushes 33-Year-Old Man to Death in Bhandup

An unexpected tragedy took place in Mumbai's Bhandup area on Tuesday evening, February 20 for three friends. The accident occurred on Lal Bahadur Shastri (LBS) Road in Bhandup West after a driverless truck ran over one of them. 

The three friends, Shahrukh Chowdhary, Sajid Azmi and Zaid Shaikh, were on a two-wheeler riding to have ice cream when a vehicle coming from the opposite side hit them under the metro rail bridge on LBS marg, according to the Hindustan Times report.

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Chowdhary, who was riding the scooter, and Shaikh managed to jump off before the truck collided with them. However, Azmi, who was sitting between his two friends, couldn’t get off in time. According to the HT report, Azmi fell on the road, and his leg was trapped under the scooter, which prevented him from running on time. A truck, which was moving without a driver, ran over him.

Azmi was then rushed to the Criticare Hospital in an autorickshaw by two fellow friends, where he died around 1 am. The deceased, Azmi, lived in Pathan Colony in Bhandup West along with his family. He worked at a private firm as an area sales manager.

The police have registered a case against an unknown person under sections 106 (1)—causing death by negligence—and 289—negligent use of machinery that endangers human life—of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita.