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Mumbai: BMC dumper runs over senior citizen in Malad

Updated on: 01 February,2015 06:35 AM IST  | 
Sailee Dhayalkar |

Gangeben Veljibhai Jethwa, a 70-year-old resident of Malad, met with a fatal accident when she was on her way to visit a relative, a stone’s throw away from her house in Sunni Chawl

Mumbai: BMC dumper runs over senior citizen in Malad

Gangeben Jethwa

Gangeben Veljibhai Jethwa, a 70-year-old resident of Malad, met with a fatal accident when she was on her way to visit a relative, a stone’s throw away from her house in Sunni Chawl.


Gangeben Jethwa
The Victim, Gangeben Jethwa


At 11 am yesterday, she was crossing the road outside the P-North BMC office, when a BMC dumper hit her. She lost her balance, fell to the ground and the dumper ran over her head.


A police officer from Malad police station said, “The driver, Vaman Matkar, 52, was arrested and his vehicle was detained. He has been booked under Sections 279 (Rash driving) and 304 (a) (Death by negligence) of the Indian Penal Code.

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