Thane, Feb 27 (PTI) A 51-year-old woman sweeper was killed after she was run over by a state transport bus at a depot in Navi Mumbai on Tuesday, police said.

A case has been registered against the driver under section 304 (Culpable homicide not amounting to murder) under the Indian Penal Code. No arrest has been made, an official said.

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The incident occurred at around 5 am when the driver reversed the bus, trapping the woman, identified as Kalinda Sharanagth, under its wheels.

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