46-yr-old dead after truck knocks him down at Sahar cargo complex
MUMBAI, Feb. 18 -- A 46-year-old logistics firm employee was killed after a truck allegedly ran him over inside the Sahar Air Cargo Complex near the Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International Airport on Monday evening.
The deceased, Ganesh Lotankar, a resident of Nalasopara East, had worked with Gordon Woodroffe Logistics Limited for the past 20 years.
According to police, the incident occurred while he was on duty clearing cargo-related documents.
Police said Lotankar and his colleague, Datta Dhamale, reached the General Cargo section around 5:30pm to process documents.
Lotankar then went to the Pharma Zone to clear paperwork for a pharmaceutical consignment.
Within minutes, security personnel informed Dhamale that Ganesh had been in an accident.
Witnesses alleged that a red Eicher truck hit him and crushed his waist. The accused driver allegedly fled the scene.
He was rushed to Cooper Hospital, where doctors declared him dead before admission.
A case has been registered against the truck driver under Section 106 (death due to rash and negligent driving) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita.
"We are in the process of arresting the truck driver," said an officer from Sahar police station....
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