A 35-year-old biker, Jared Paul D’Silva, suffered severe injuries when a hanging wire from a hoarding became entangled around his neck while he was riding on the Western Express Highway in Bandra West. D’Silva told mid-day, “I am living my second life now,” as doctors saved him with successful surgery. The Bandra police have registered an FIR and begun investigating the incident.

D’Silva an Andheri resident and a freelancer for a logistics firm, sustained a an eight-centimetre cut across his neck. Police are still working to identify the owner of the wire responsible for the incident.