A man who was cutting grass beside the runway at the airport here was killed in a freak accident today barely 40 minutes before the special aircraft carrying President Pranab Mukherjee landed.
The man, 42-year-old Bapi Oraon, was killed when a dumper accidentally started and ran over him, police sources said.
The man, a resident of Birati, was declared brought dead in hospital, the sources said.
The President's aircraft landed safely at about 12.25 pm.
