A 35-year-old man died after allegedly being hit by an excavator machine near Ghatkopar railway station in Mumbai in the early hours of Thursday, a police official said, reported the PTI.

Following the incident, the police have registered a case of culpable homicide against the machine`s driver, the official said.

After his body was found at the spot, a case of accidental death (ADR) was registered and a probe was launched. Technical evidence later proved that he was sleeping near the wheeled excavator machine. When the driver came there and started the machine, he was hit by it, the official of Government Railway Police (GRP) in Kurla said, according to the PTI.

A case of culpable homicide but not amounting to murder was registered against the machine`s driver who has been identified as Bharat Yadav. He has been booked under Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS), and investigation is underway, he said.

Trailer-mounted rig machine catches fire in Thane; no one injured, say officials

Meanwhile, in an another incident, a fire broke out on a trailer-mounted rig machine on a highway in Maharashtra`s Thane city early on Thursday, civic officials said, as per the PTI.

No person was injured in the incident but the incident caused damage to the equipment, Thane Municipal Corporation`s disaster management cell chief Yasin Tadvi said.

The incident was reported at 3.46 am on Thursday. It took place near a temple on the Eastern Express Highway in Naupada area of Thane district.

“The battery and control panel of the rig machine mounted on a trailer caught fire.

The fire brigade and regional disaster management cell of Thane`s teams brought the blaze under control swiftly. No one was injured,” Tadvi said, according to the PTI.

The incident took place when the rig machine was being transported on a trailer and it was en route from Kalyan to Mahim in neighbouring Mumbai when the fire broke out in the machine, the official said.

The teams rushed to the spot and launched a fire-fighting operation at the spot. The fire was doused by 4.30 am. The cause of the fire is currently under investigation, he said.

(with PTI inputs)

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