Four men chatting on the roadside were killed after a truck carrying groceries tilted to one side, smashing the load on them in Vikhroli West on Thursday. The freak mishap occurred when the truck was reversing on a road under repair. One person was injured.Residents of Surya Nagar, Ashwin Hebare (32), Chandrashekar Musale (35), Hamid Shaikh (36) and Vishal Shelar (22) were having a casual talk around 11.15 pm when the driver of a truck loaded with nearly 20 tons of goods tried to reverse the vehicle.The Park Site police said a culvert of a stormwater drain gave in under the weight of the truck, which tilted and got stuck. As a result, the goods fell, crushing the four men. Locals took them to a hospital where doctor declared them dead before admission.Families of the deceased said Hebare had asked the driver, Devendra Jadhav, not to reverse the vehicle, but he ignored his advice. One person, Chand Shaikh, sustained minor injuries.The police have booked the driver for rash driving and causing death due to negligence and have booked the road contractor. Local corporator, Rajrajeshwari Redkar, said the culvert was under repairs and had been barricaded. "But since the spot is a busy junction, locals removed the barricades."

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The deceased

  • Hebare was a political worker, father of a girl
  • Shelar too was a local party worker
  • Musale, an auto driver, was family’s breadwinner 
  • Shaikh, father of two girls, was jobless