A 35-year-old lady was killed on the spot whereas 5 others had been injured after a tempo driver misplaced management over the automobile and dashed into them on the fish market in Chirag Nagar space in Ghatkopar west on Friday night.
In line with police, the tempo driver was delivering chilly drinks to a store in Ghatkopar when the incident came about. The tempo is owned by a Dombivli-based individual, for whom the accused driver was working.
“Prima facie, it seems that the accused misplaced management of the steering plus the highway on which the accident came about is slender,” mentioned a police officer.
Police have taken the motive force, Uttam Kharat (25), of their custody and can produce him earlier than a court docket on Saturday. The police are checking if he was inebriated.
Police mentioned that the motive force instructed them he suffered from an epileptic match, resulting from which the accident came about. Locals on the spot instructed the police that quickly after the accident, they noticed the motive force’s physique actions and suspected he suffered from a match. Police are verifying the claims.
The victims had been rushed to Rajawadi hospital in Ghatkopar for therapy. The deceased lady has been recognized as Preety Patel, a resident of Parsiwadi in Ghatkopar, who was declared introduced useless on arrival.
Reshma Shaikh, a 23-year-old lady, sustained a fracture in her left tibia and was admitted to the ladies’s orthopaedic ward. Mahrufa Shaikh (27) obtained a blunt trauma to the chest and was admitted to the ladies’s surgical ward.
Taufa Shaikh, a 38-year-old lady with a minimize laceration wound (CLW) on her higher lip, refused hospital admission and obtained therapy within the outpatient division.
Arbaz Shaikh (23) sustained a blunt trauma to his left decrease limb and was admitted to the male surgical ward. Lastly, 28-year-old Meharam Shaikh skilled a blunt trauma to his left shoulder and foot and was admitted to the male orthopaedic ward.
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