Speeding SUV runs over 2 sleeping men in Mumbai, 1 dead, driver arrested

A 36-year-old man died and another person was seriously injured after a speeding SUV ran over them while they were asleep at Mumbai's Versova beach, police said.

The incident happened in the early hours of August 12, when the two men, identified as Ganesh Yadav, who used to work as a rickshaw driver, and Bablu Srivastava, were sleeping at Versova beach to avoid the hot and humid climate in the city.

According to the police, Srivastava was abruptly awakened by a blunt impact on his head and hand, after which he saw a car running over Ganesh, who was sleeping beside him.