India, Nov. 2 -- A 32-year-old man died on Friday after his speeding scooter hit a speed breaker on SV Road, throwing him onto the opposite lane, where he came under the wheels of a dumper truck. Crime branch officials initially detained the dumper truck's driver, but later found that the deceased had been speeding. The police then registered a case against the deceased scooterist, identified as Karantu Yadav, 32.

Yadav was headed from Poisar toward Malad on the SV Road when he lost control of his vehicle at a speed breaker. The impact of his speed tossed him to the opposite lane, where he came under a dumper's left tyre, said a police officer.

Swapnil Jogalpuri, 40, a crime branch unit official, was standing at the Kandivali police gat...