India, Sept. 29 -- A 30-year-old man died on Sunday after being struck on the head by a coconut allegedly thrown from a running local train near Naigaon a day earlier.

According to the police, the deceased, Sanjay Bhoir, a resident of Panju Island in Vasai, was walking on Naigaon-Bhayandar railway bridge towards Naigaon station around 8.30 am on Saturday when the coconut, thrown by an unidentified person from a passing train, hit him directly on the head.

"Bhoir sustained serious injuries and was rushed to Sir DM Petit Hospital in Vasai. He was later shifted to a Mumbai hospital, where he succumbed to his injuries on Sunday morning," said a police officer.

The Vasai Government Railway Police (GRP) said they are in the process of regist...