BREAKING: 76-year-old dies in hit-and-run in Mulund; 1 held

In a hitandrun incident a 76yearold pedestrian died and a biker got injured on Tuesday night at BP Cross Road in Mulund West The accused lives in the Mulund colony and allegedly pressed accelerator instead of breaksAfter the tragic incident the passengers in the car ran away from the spot leaving the car behind The injured scooty driver was rushed to a private hospital in ThaneThe deceased person has been identified as Tukaram Sawant 76 a resident of MG Road MulundThe incident took place at 845 pm at BP Cross road when a car having registration number MH02DZ4986 came speeding and knocked off a scooter MH03BX7573 and then a pedestrian The car then brushed off the compound wall of Gurukrupa housing society and crashed into the society gate According to eyewitnesses the impact was such that the scooty got squeezed in the accidentMy father was a police subinspector and retired 15 years ago He has a routine of going to a Shiva temple nearby When yesterday he didnrsquot come in time I left home to look for himrdquo said Savinay Sawant elder son of deceased Tukaram SawantldquoI knew of his usual 23 places where he would sit with his friends while I was walking towards Devidayal Gardens I saw a crowd at the gate of one housing society he addedSavinay went ahead and saw a car crash at the gate and wrecked scooty I asked a cop at the spot about the incident he described the injured person I immediately showed him the picture of my father and he confirmed the shirt colour and asked me to go to MT Aagarwal Hospital said SavinaySawant succumbed to injuries at 945 pm while the biker was shifted to Jupiter Hospital in Thane Tukaram Sawant 76 resident of Narmada Apartment at MG Road Mulund While the injured is identified as Bhavesh Dahiya a resident of Mulund He underwent surgery at Jupiter Hospital he reportedly sustained pelvic bone and rib fracturesAfter the incident the terrified driver Yadav ran away from the spot and stood in the corner According to cops there were two occupants in the car The 22yearold Amrish Yadav a resident of Mulund Colony left his home and met his woman friend at Swapan Nagari Primary investigation has revealed that Yadav was driving the car However the Sawant family claimed they were told by some eyewitnesses that a woman was driving the carThe women got into the car and allegedly told Amrish to have vadapav and cocktails at the station road Amrish drove the car in the narrow lane but he was speeding too muchrdquo said an officialAfter dashing the scooty according to Accused he pressed accelerated inspite break and knocked off Sawantrdquo he addedThe medical of the accused has been done We suspect he was speeding around 100 kmhr the official further saidCops have booked Amrish Yadav under IPC section 279 rash driving 304A death due to negligence 337 causing hurt by act endangering life or personal safety of others 338 causing grievous hurt by act endangering life or personal safety of others and section 184 driving dangerously of Motor Vehicle Act 1988ldquoYadav was arrested and produced in the Mulund court he has been sent in judicial custodyrdquo said Kantilal Kothimbire Senior Inspector of Mulund Police Station