India, June 20 -- A 55-year-old autorickshaw driver, who had spent nearly 35 years ferrying passengers across the city, was killed on Thursday night when a portion of a parapet wall crashed from a 17-storey residential building in Kurla East and struck him on the head.

The victim, Abdul Wahab Shaikh, was walking towards a nearby tea stall around 9.30 pm when plaster and concrete from the terrace parapet of B-wing of Galaxy Apartment came crashing down.

Despite suffering severe head injuries, Shaikh remained conscious for several minutes and repeatedly asked passers-by to take him to hospital. He was rushed to Sion Hospital, where doctors declared him dead on arrival.

Danish Shaikh, 28, his son-in-law, told HT, "We put him in an autoric...