Mumbai: A 53-year-old worker died in Andheri’s Majas area near MIDC after a passing BEST bus struck the open door of a parked poultry tempo, causing the door to rebound and hit him on Wednesday. MIDC police arrested the bus driver, Ashok Shinde (49), in a case of causing death due to negligence. The deceased, Farid Shaikh, was unloading chickens from the parked tempo when the incident occurred.A police officer said the bus was sent to Majas Depot for an RTO inspection, and the bus driver and conductor were summoned to the MIDC Police Station for questioning. “The driver, Shinde, was arrested and later released on notice served,” said the officer.An MIDC police officer said Shaikh succumbed to shock as the injury he suffered was not severe. He died while undergoing treatment 12 hours after the incident. “The BEST driver, Shinde, has been booked under the BNS sections for death due to negligence, rash driving and under the Motor Vehicle Act for dangerous driving. He did not flee from the spot,” said the officer.The incident occurred at 10.15 am when the wet-leased BEST bus operating en route 441 from Majas depot toward Andheri was passing a parked tempo carrying chickens. “According to the bus driver’s statement, Shaikh was unloading chickens when he suddenly opened the tempo’s rear door. The door collided with the passing bus’s left rear corner and rebounded forcefully, striking Shaikh and causing him to fall,” said a BEST official.“Alerted by passengers, the bus driver halted the vehicle further ahead. Local workers confronted the driver, who immediately dialed 100 to alert authorities. Both vehicles were brought to the MIDC police station, and the injured man was rushed to the hospital,” the official said. Later in the night, at 9.45 pm, police informed officials that Shaikh had passed away.Locals who witnessed the incident said Shaikh opened the rear door of a parked utility tempo to unload cargo just as the BEST bus was passing by. “The bus’s left rear corner struck the tempo door. The impact caused the door to rebound sharply and hit Shaikh, knocking him to the ground with severe injuries,” said the police.
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