The drunk sailor who crashed his mother’s BMW in the early hours of Thursday in Juhu, leading to the death of a 29-year-old, was driving at a speed of more than 120 kmph, the family of the victim suspects. The accused, Ardhvyu Vijay Bandekar, 27, who works in the Merchant Navy, was accompanied by three other friends—Pallavi Bhattacharya, 29,  Bharti Dilprasad Rai, 24, and Ankit Narendra Khare, 38.

The friends were returning after partying at a Saki Naka resto-bar around 3 am, when the crash took place. Bandekar who was driving on a narrow lane in Juhu, didn’t notice the speed breaker near the Juhu police station, and lost control, crashing into a BMC garbage truck. Bhattacharya died on the spot, while the others sustained injuries.