Pune: Two Killed in Separate Road Accidents in Hadapsar and Khadki, Amid Rising Concerns Over Rash Driving
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Police have registered separate cases of death due to negligence in both incidents and have launched investigations.
Two people, including an 82-year-old woman and a 25-year-old transporter, lost their lives in separate road accidents in Pune this week, highlighting the growing dangers of rash and negligent driving in the city. While the elderly woman was hit by a tempo during her morning walk in Hadapsar, the young man was crushed between two minitrucks on the Pune-Mumbai highway in Khadki.
A 82-year-old woman, Vimlabai Agarwal, a resident of Akashwadi, Hadapsar, died after being hit by a tempo at Ravidarshan Chowk around 8:30am on May 22.
According to the Hadapsar police, the tempo driver was allegedly driving rashly and negligently when he lost control and hit Agarwal as she was crossing the chowk during her morning walk.
Inspector (Crime) Nilesh Jagdale stated that the victim suffered critical injuries in the collision and later succumbed to them. Following her death, her son filed an FIR against the tempo driver.
The case has been registered under the relevant sections of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita and the Motor Vehicles Act. Jagdale added that a notice will be issued to the driver, directing him to appear before the police for further investigation.
In another incident, Aakash Kasbekar, 25-year-old youth from Undri died in Khadki after a chain collision involving a tanker and a minitruck; two others injured.
Aakash Kasbekar, died after being crushed between two minitrucks on the Pune-Mumbai highway in Khadki on Wednesday night. Two others, including a helper and a driver, sustained injuries in the accident.
The Khadki police identified the deceased as a resident of Undri and part of a transport business he ran with his elder brother, Deepak Kasbekar (31).
According to Deepak’s statement, Aakash had stopped on the highway due to a technical issue with his minitruck and called for assistance. Deepak arrived in his own vehicle, and the two attempted to tow Aakash’s vehicle towards Pune using a rope.
“We had put on hazard lights and stopped to re-tie the rope when it snapped at Khadki,” Deepak said. At that moment, another minitruck crashed into Aakash’s vehicle. Aakash, who was standing between the two trucks, was crushed in the impact.
The collision occurred after the third minitruck was hit by a tanker, which caused the driver to lose control. The helper, Muzaffar Mohammed, and the third minitruck’s driver, Laxman Patil, also sustained injuries.
Aakash was rushed to a hospital but succumbed to his injuries. The Khadki police have registered a case of causing death due to negligence against both the tanker and minitruck drivers involved in the crash.
