Navi Mumbai: A worker died after being run over by a dumper truck at CIDCO’s solid waste management project site in Ghansoli village, Taloja, on Thursday morning. Taloja police have registered a case against the dumper driver responsible for the accident and taken him into custody.
The deceased worker has been identified as Dharma Balaram Patil (55), who lived with his family in Siddhi Karvale village. He was employed as a sanitation worker at CIDCO’s Urban Solid Waste Processing and Management Project. As per routine, Dharma Patil reported for work on Thursday morning. At that time, a dumper carrying waste had arrived at the site for weighing.
After the weighing was completed, the dumper driver, without checking if anyone was standing behind the vehicle, carelessly reversed the truck. Dharma Patil, who was standing behind the dumper, was run over by its rear wheels and died on the spot.
“Following the incident, the dumper driver fled from the scene. We later registered a case against him and detained him,” a police officer from Taloja police station said.
