Four teenagers tempted death when they got behind the wheel of an SUV, sped through Powai, jumped off a 3-ft-high traffic barrier and landed 25 feet below in a densely forested area early yesterday
Four teenagers tempted death when they got behind the wheel of an SUV, sped through Powai, jumped off a 3-ft-high traffic barrier and landed 25 feet below in a densely forested area early yesterday.
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Their SUV dropped down 25 ft and landed in a densely forested area. Pics/Datta Kumbhar
Sumit Pandya (17) and Ashna Shah (16) from Bhandup, and Mulund residents Rutika Shetty (17) and Puja Deria (16) sated late night hunger pangs at a pizza outlet in Powai and were returning home in a Toyota Fortuner around 3.30 am.
The spot in Powai where the teens hit the traffic barrier
Pandya was driving the SUV. On the stretch between IIT-Bombay and the Gandhinagar junction, he picked up so much speed that he lost control over the vehicle.
The SUV veered to the edge of the road, knocked down a streetlight, grazed a 3-ft-high road safety barrier, jumped right off it and dropped 25 feet below in a thicket.
The police rescued the four and took them to Hiranandani Hospital in Powai around 6 am. No one sustained any grievous injury in the accident. Only Shah suffered a fracture in the left arm.
The others were treated for minor cuts and bruises on the arms and legs, said a doctor at the hospital.
The Parksite police filed an FIR against Pandya. “We have booked him under sections 279 (rash driving) and 338 (causing grievous hurt by act endangering the life or personal safety of others) of the IPC and sections 3/181 (driving without a valid licence) and 184 (driving dangerously or abetting to driving dangerously) of the Motor Vehicles Act,” said Rajendra L Kulkarni, senior police inspector.
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