A 62-year-old restaurant staffer died after he was hit by a car in south Mumbai's Girgaum Chowpatty area, a police official said.

The incident took place in the early hours of Monday when Dinesh Surati Kevat (37) who was learning to the drive the car pressed the accelerator in place of the brake, resulting in the vehicle surging ahead and crushing restaurant staffer Shridhar Pujari in the vicinity, the Gamdevi police station official said.