Paradip Dumper driver dies in freak accident
Paradip: A dumper truck driver died in a freak accident at Paradip Port on Saturday afternoon when the bucket of a crane loading cargo into his carriage accidentally broke off and fell onto the truck’s cabin.
The deceased was identified as 37-year-old Saroj Khillar, driver of a Hiva truck (OR-21B-9236). The accident occurred near berth CQ-1 in the port’s restricted area. According to sources, the truck was parked alongside the cargo vessel MV XIN HAI HE to handle cargo being unloaded from a ship. A mobile harbor crane engaged in this work was loading cargo from the vessel’s hold into the truck’s carriage. During this time, the crane bucket cable broke, causing it to fall onto the truck’s cab.
The impact severed the cabin from the vehicle, crushing Khillar. Following the incident, personnel from the Paradip Model Police Station and the Central Industrial Security Force (CISF) arrived at the scene and retrieved the driver’s body.
