Mistry (54) and his friend Jahangir Pandole died in a car crash on a bridge on the Surya river on the Mumbai-Ahmedabad highway in Palghar district adjoining Mumbai on September 4, 2022. They were riding in the back seat of the Mercedes car.
The accident took place when the driver lost control and banged in a river bridge. Cyrus and four others were going towards Palghar when at some distance from Palghar the accident occurred.