India, Oct. 24 -- A 55-year-old man was crushed to death by his own dumper truck at Ghata village in Sector 56 after it began moving forward on its own due to accidental gear engagement early Wednesday, police said, adding that the deceased was trying to get into the driving seat.

The deceased, identified as Amarjit Singh, a resident of Dharam Colony in Palam Vihar and originally from Bulandshahr in Uttar Pradesh, was delivering construction materials for road paving work being carried out by the Municipal Corporation of Gurugram. Police said the incident took place at 5.30am on Wednesday.

Due to shortage of workers on Diwali, Singh reached Ghata alone to unload interlocking tiles.

A senior police official said that Singh drove the tru...