Passenger, pedestrian killed by drunk driver at Gorai Road

The car hit a pedestrian and then a parked bus

Drink driving left three people dead in two separate accidents in the northern suburbs in the past week. The latest accident took place on Wednesday night where two people, including a pedestrian, died after a speeding car crashed into a parked bus at Gorai Road, Borivli West. The deceased have been identified as Prashant Barekar, 45, the pedestrian, and Abigail Jadhav, 21, who was in the backseat of the car.

Four people have sustained injuries and one of them is in critical condition and is on ventilator support at KEM Hospital. According to Borivli police, Rohit Mukherji, Jatan Joshi, Aditya Manvacharya, Gideon Varkhede, Rion Pereira and Abigail Jadhav were returning in a car after celebrating Aditya's birthday.

Prashant Barekar, one of the deceased

Mukherji, who was driving the car, was drunk and lost control of the vehicle while speeding. The car hit Barekar, who was walking on the road. Barekar was thrown in the air due to impact and fell on the other side, dying on the spot. The car then hit a parked bus with high velocity. The other deceased, Jadhav, died due to severe head injury at Shatabdi Hospital while undergoing treatment.

Mukherji, however, was unharmed due to the airbag. Police have arrested him under sections 304 (culpable homicide not amounting to murder), 337 (causing hurt due to rash, negligent act), 338 (causing grievous hurt), 279 (rash driving) of the IPC and sections of the Motor Vehicles Act.

The car hit the parked bus with so much impact that the roof of the car broke

Speaking to mid-day, a police officer said, "The incident took place on Wednesday at 11.38 pm at Gorai Road near Maxus Mall. The youths were returning from a Gorai-based club party and were speeding." "We took their blood samples to confirm if they were drunk or not. We have booked and arrested the accused Rohit Mukherji," said Senior inspector Sudhir Kalekar from Borivli police station.

Pravin Padwal, additional commissioner of police, North Suburban, said, "Keeping the upcoming festival in mind, we are starting a special campaign of Drink and Drive. We are very strict about this, that is why in the two accidents that happened recently, we have booked the accused under section 304 (punishment for culpable homicide) of the IPC instead of section 304(a) (causing death by negligence).

Rohit Mukherji, the driver, has been arrested in the case

The accused was produced before the court on Thursday and has been remanded in police custody for a day. Barekar, a Kandivli resident, used to work as a head steward at Bay Viv Hotel in Gorai. He is survived by his wife, 13-year-old son and 8-year-old daughter. The other deceased, Jadhav, was a student and was living in Charkop.

The previous incident took place on Saturday evening where a car overturned at Aksa beach. The car had seven occupants who had come to the beach from Ghatkopar to celebrate the birthday of one of their friends. Driver Hritik Kale lost control of the vehicle, making it overturn. One of the occupants, Rahul Sanjay Yadav, 22, died in the incident.

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No. of deaths in the two accidents