Mumbai witnessed a tragic accident on Wednesday morning when a 30-year-old truck helper was struck on the head by a falling iron rod at a construction site in Andheri (East). The victim, Amar Anand Pagare, also known as Bala, was unloading paver blocks from a truck when the incident occurred.

Pagare had been assisting a Nashik-based truck driver, Anil Kokane, who was resting inside the vehicle at the time. The mishap took place around 11 am at Marol, when the duo arrived to deliver a consignment from Nashik. Workers at the site immediately rushed Pagare to a nearby hospital, but he was declared dead on arrival due to severe head injuries.

The Maharashtra Industrial Development Corporation (MIDC) police have registered a case under Section 106 of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS) for caus

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