A man died and another was injured after being reportedly run over by a new Range Rover while being driven out from a trailer near the automobile company’s yard at Chalikkavattom here on Sunday (June 22, 2025) around 11.30 p.m.
The deceased was identified as Roshan Antony Xavier, 36, of Pandikudi in Mattancherry. The injured was identified as Anish. Though both were rushed to a nearby hospital, Roshan was declared brought dead.
The Palarivattom police have registered a case against Anshad, who was engaged to offload the vehicles from the trailer. The incident took place along the service road of National Highway-66.
According to the first information report (FIR), the car was driven out of the trailer in reverse gear at high speed knocking down both the workers standing on the trailer’s ramp. The police booked Anshad under the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita Sections 106(1) (causing death by negligence) and 125 (endanger life or personal safety through rash or negligent behaviour). He was released on bail.
Reportedly, the deceased and the injured worker hardly had the time to respond and move away as the car came at them in a flash. The car knocked down a few electric posts in the area before coming to a halt after ramming an iron fence.
“The accused claims to have experience of driving the premium car having offloaded the same category car a couple of days ago. It seems a case of negligence. We have looked into all possible aspects and examined the CCTV footage from the area,” said Palarivattom police sources.
The vehicles are offloaded along the service road along the national highway at Chalikkavattom since the trailer cannot enter the company’s yard on the opposite side owing to low hanging lines.
Published – June 23, 2025 09:29 pm IST
