A 23-year-old motorcyclist was decapitated after a rushing unidentified automobile rammed his bike and fled the scene in a hit-and-run accident on Palm Seaside Highway in Navi Mumbai within the early hours of Tuesday, leaving his 17-year-old pillion rider critically injured, police stated.
The deceased has been recognized as Prashant Vijay Jamdade, 23, who died on the spot after his head was severed from his physique because of the influence of the collision, in line with police officers. The injured survivor, Harman Kaur, 17, is present process remedy for a number of accidents at DY Patil Hospital in Nerul. She is in a crucial state, stated police.
An FIR has been registered in opposition to an unidentified automobile driver on the Sanpada police station underneath sections of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita and the Motor Automobiles Act, together with prices of inflicting dying by negligence, rash driving, and failure to render help.
In line with preliminary investigations, the duo have been using an Apache RR motorbike round 3am, travelling from Sarsole Sign in direction of Moraj Circle, when the accident occurred in entrance of Kesar Solitaire constructing in Sector 19, Sanpada. Police stated the victims have been coming back from Ulwe after assembly associates and have been heading in direction of Koparkhairane when the crash occurred.
“The influence of the collision was extraordinarily extreme. The rider suffered catastrophic accidents, together with decapitation and a number of grievous wounds, resulting in his dying on the spot,” a police officer stated.
The pillion rider sustained critical accidents to each legs and her head and stays underneath medical care.
Senior police inspector Devidas Katale of the Sanpada police station stated investigators have known as for inspection of two automobiles suspected to be concerned within the accident.
“Statements from the homeowners and drivers of those automobiles will present readability concerning the accident. CCTV footage from the stretch is being scanned to establish the precise automobile that rammed the two-wheeler,” Katale stated. A forensic staff and crime department officers visited the spot, accumulating technical and bodily proof from the scene. In line with the investigating officer, it’s suspected that Jamdade’s head struck roadside barricades through the influence, leading to deadly accidents. “These are preliminary assumptions. The precise sequence of occasions can be confirmed solely after the accused is nabbed,” the officer stated.
Palm Seaside Highway crash toll rising
The newest accident provides to a rising record of high-speed crashes reported on Palm Seaside Highway over the previous yr, elevating considerations over rushing alongside the busy arterial stretch.
In December final yr, a 22-year-old youth was killed and one other man injured in a late-night collision close to Moraj Circle in Sanpada. The Sanpada police registered a case in opposition to the driving force of a four-wheeler who allegedly rammed into the victims’ two-wheeler whereas driving at extreme pace.
The deceased, Kewal Sandeep Mhatre, a resident of Sarasoli village in Navi Mumbai, was travelling together with his buddy Vignesh Salunkhe, 25, round 12.30 am when their bike was reportedly struck by a rushing automotive.
In one other incident on July 28 final yr, a Mercedes-Benz overturned on Palm Seaside Highway after the driving force allegedly misplaced management whereas rushing, leaving one youth critically injured and one other with minor accidents.
In line with Nerul police, the accident occurred round 2 am when a Mercedes (MH-02-FN-1206) pushed by Mohammad Salman Sheikh, 20, of Sector 50, Seawoods, crashed whereas travelling alongside the stretch. His buddy Mohammad Sufiyan Sheikh, 19, was seated beside him on the time.
