A 20-year-old ITI student, Raghuveer Prahlad Kumbhar, saved his 15-year-old friend, Gauri Satelkar, after a speeding police jeep hit them at Vile Parle West on Sunday night. Moments before the impact, Raghuveer pushed Gauri aside, taking the full force of the collision himself. The jeep was allegedly driven by a constable who, according to the Kumbhar family, appeared drunk.

The constable told Raghuveer he would follow him to the hospital, but immediately fled. The Vile Parle police have registered an FIR against him and begun an investigation. Raghuveer, who lives with his parents in Sati Prasad Society opposite D-Mart in Andheri West, suffered injuries to his chest, leg and hand. He and his family told mid-day they had filmed the constable, claiming he was heavily intoxicated.