A 28-year-old man was killed after an auto-rickshaw in which he was travelling overturned on the Western Express Highway in Mumbai on Wednesday, police said.

The deceased, identified as Yallappa Balappa Naik, hailing from Belgaum in Karnataka, was heading towards suburban Andheri when the accident took place around 5 am, an official from Vakola police station said, adding that the victim was working in the Army.