A six-year-old boy died in a freak accident in Vashi space of Maharashtra’s Navi Mumbai with an SUV hitting a highway median and its rear half touchdown on the bonnet of the automotive the boy was travelling in.
The incident befell late Saturday night time, information company PTI quoted an official as saying.
The deceased was recognized as Harsh Arethia, who was travelling together with his father and three cousins, the officer mentioned.
“The SUV hit a highway median and its rear half rose some 7 toes within the air after which crash landed on the bonnet of the automotive by which deceased Harsh Arethia was travelling alongside together with his father and three cousins,” the officer mentioned.
A case of inflicting demise by negligence and rash driving was registered in opposition to SUV driver, recognized as Vinod Pachade, a resident of Ghansoli, Vashi police station API Dipak Gavit mentioned.
The grievance was filed by Hrash’s father Mavji Arethia.
Truck runs over folks on footpath in Pune
In one other accident from Maharashtra, two toddlers and a person have been killed and 6 different individuals injured after a truck ran over folks sleeping on a footpath in Pune metropolis within the wee hours of Monday, police mentioned. The incident befell at 12.55 am on the footpath in Wagholi space the place a number of individuals have been sleeping, they mentioned.
The victims comprised labourers and their members of the family hailing from Amravati. The labourers had come to Pune a few days again in the hunt for jobs, the police mentioned.
The truck driver, recognized as Gajanan Totre (26), was arrested after the incident and his medical check was being executed to determine if he was driving inebriated, an official mentioned.
“There have been many individuals sleeping on the footpath close to Kesnand Phata space, most of them labourers. They have been run over by a truck, resulting in the demise of three individuals,” a senior police official mentioned. The deceased have been recognized as Vaibhavi Pawar (1), Vaibhav Pawar (2) and Vishal Pawar (22), the police mentioned. The six injured individuals – Janki Pawar (21), Rinisha Pawar (18), Roshan Bhosale (9), Nagesh Pawar (27), Darshan Vairal (18) and Aalisha Pawar (47) – have been admitted to the Sassoon Normal Hospital, they added.
Pune Further Commissioner of Police (East Area) Manoj Patil mentioned the truck driver misplaced management over the wheels close to Wagholi police station and rammed his automobile into a number of folks sleeping on the footpath at 12.55 am.
