Man killed in road mishap on Vashi Highway

A 62-year-old man was run over by a bus at Vashi along the Sion-Panvel highway on Thursday afternoon.

The deceased has been identified as Siddarth Dangaone, a resident of Vashi Gaon.

Police said Dangaone was crossing the highway around at 1.10 pm when the bus was coming from the Mumbai direction hit him. A senior police official from Vashi police station said that Dangaone suffered severe injuries at different parts of his body in the accident. "He was rushed to a nearby hospital by a few local residents, but he succumbed to the injuries after sometime,” said the official.

“We have arrested the bus driver Balasaheb Ingle, 43, from the spot and booked him under relevant sections of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) and Motor Vehicle Act,” he added.