Four friends were crushed to death under gunny bags which fell from a truck in a freak accident in Vikhroli East on Thursday. Another friend was injured in the accident that took place around 11.45 pm when they had gone to have ice cream at Sambhaji Chowk in Surya Nagar.

The deceased have been identified as Ashwin Hebare, 34, Vishal Shelar, 21, Chandrashekhar Musale, 35, and Hamid Abdul Sheik, 41. Chand Hasan Sheikh, 38, is undergoing treatment in Rajawadi Hospital in Ghatkopar. All the deceased were residents of Surya Nagar.