A 21-year-old law student, Mohamad Sahal Payak, had a brush with death after his bike skidded due to a pothole on the Western Express Highway’s Andheri flyover around 4 pm on Sunday. While Pahak’s helmet ended up getting crushed by a cement mixer truck, the youth sustained head and hand injuries and is receiving treatment at Nanavati Hospital in Vile Parle.

The pothole, upon which bystanders piled rocks following the mishap.  PIC/BY SPECIAL ARRANGEMENT