A 44-year-old motorist heading towards Kandivali on his motorcycle lost his left leg when a piling crane collapsed on him. Vipul Subhas Panchal’s leg from below his knee was cut off as a result—the accident took place on Saturday morning on the Eastern Express Highway (EEH) at Vikhroli.

Panchal, a resident of Adarsh Nagar in Kandivali West, is an interior designer by profession who works on a contract basis. Panchal was heading home from Navi Mumbai to his home in Kandivali via the EEH when the incident occurred. According to Vikhroli police officials, he was riding a Honda Classic motorcycle and, at around 4 am, as he approached the exit of the Pant Nagar bridge, a trailer carrying an oversized piling machine toppled onto his bike.