NAVI MUMBAI: Two people were killed in separate road accidents in Raigad on Wednesday. While the first accident was a collision of a speeding tempo and a tanker, resulting in one death, the second was the death of a pedestrian after being hit by a motorcycle.
While the driver of the tempo, Ahmed Mulas Haider Alam, a resident of Kailasgad in Uttar Pradesh’s Balrampur district, and the driver of the tanker, Mohan Vitthal Chakshan, from Bhunki in Kolhapur, sustained minor injuries, the tempo’s cleaner, Rajkumar Ramsharan Yadav, sustained fatal head injuries after striking rocks on the riverbank and died on the spot.
The Khalapur police issued a notice of appearance to the tempo driver and registered a case under Sections 106(1) (causing death by negligence), 125(a and b) (deal with causing hurt or grievous hurt through acts endangering life or personal safety) and 281 (rash or negligent driving) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, as well as Section 184 (dangerous driving) of the Motor Vehicles Act.