India, Feb. 19 -- A 49-year-old pedestrian was killed after a speeding autorickshaw, coming from the wrong direction, rammed into him outside the Santacruz railway station at around 8pm on Monday.

The police said the auto driver was going from the station at high speed on the wrong side and the deceased was crossing the road when the incident occurred. The Vakola police have arrested the auto driver, identified as Imran Abdul Rashid Ansari, 36, after registering a case.

According to the police, the deceased, Vijay Gurav, lived in Khandwala SRA housing society near Vakola bridge in Santacruz East along with his wife and two children, and worked as a technician in a private hospital in Mumbai Central area. He was on his way to an ailing r...