In an unfortunate accident, a dumper driver, who had jumped a red signal, ran over a biker and his three minor children waiting at the traffic light on Saturday afternoon in Govandi.

The horrific accident occurred at the Lotus Junction located on the Ghatkopar-Mankhurd Link Road at 3.45 pm, which resulted in the immediate death of the father and two of his children. The third child, who was critically injured, succumbed to injuries during treatment at Rajawadi Hospital. “The man worked as a delivery person and was the only earning member of his family,” said activist Shaikh Faiyaz Alam, convenor of Govandi Citizens Welfare Forum.

According to eyewitnesses, the biker had halted at the signal near Shivaji Nagar when the speeding dumper, reportedly out of control, rammed into them. The impact was so severe that the man and two of the children died on the spot. Passersby rushed to the scene and helped shift the third child to the nearby Rajawadi Hospital, but doctors confirmed that the child could not be saved.