A 26-year-old man was killed after his scooter allegedly collided with the truck on Monday at around 2.45 pm in the Chinchpokli area. Following the incident, the Kalachowkie police questioned and subsequently released the truck driver.

Police have identified the victim as Tipana Shankar Appa, a resident of Dharavi. “We received information that an accident had occurred on the Chinchpokli bridge and rushed to the spot. We had detained the truck driver and seized the vehicle,” said an officer at the Kalachowkie police station. The driver has been identified as Gama Prasad Titer Prasad, 52.