A BPO driver's odd working hours took a toll on a pedestrian, who was crushed under the wheels of a Tata Sumo yesterday morning.

Mastak Ram Vishwakarma (32) knocked down Dhansinh Sonar (55) on Mamlatdarwadi Road in Malad (W) at 6.15 am. Vishwakarma was driving a number of employees of IBM Daksh, a Malad BPO, home when the accident occurred.

The deceased was on his way back from a milk depot when the speeding vehicle struck him down. Sonar is survived by wife Rambha and seven children. His youngest chid Pradeep his just eight years old.

Eyewitness Sahid Bashir Korje, owner of Aadarsh Milk Dairy from where Sonar fetched milk, said, "He had hardly taken five steps from our dairy when the Tata Sumo rammed into him. Sonar was dead within seconds."

Sonar, a native of Nepal, was employed as a watchman in a residential colony at Mamlatdarwadi.

"He woke me up around 6 am before leaving. At 6.20 am, a person came running, inquiring about a Nepali family. He told me about the accident," said Rambha.

The driver, booked for rash driving amounting to death, will be produced in the court today. Investigating officers claim Mastak could have been sleepy, considering the odd duty hours he kept.