22-year-old driver flees Mumbai after ramming speeding Merc into cops

Vishal Nayak left took the Mercedes to Free Press Street and took his friends on a ride When he was near Cooperage Ground in Colaba his speeding car rammed into the copsrsquo bikes PicsDatta KumbharA speeding Mercedes ran over two policemen on Monday night near the Cooperage ground in Colaba critically injuring them The driver of the car has been identified as one Vishal Nayak who is on the run since the incidentThe 22yearold worked for a businessman and was previously employed as a Victoria carriage driver and had taken his friends on a joyride when the incident occurred The cops have sustained fractures in their legs and are recovering at the Bombay HospitalCops saved by helmetsThe Mercedes with Vishal behind the wheel hit constables Ramchandra Lokhande 48 a resident of the Worli police quarters and Nitin Chavhan 32 a resident of Naigaon while they were on their way home Both of them are attached to the Cuffe Parade police station which is also probing the mishapAlso Read Mumbai Speeding Mercedes hits 2 cops on bike lands them in ICUAfter the incident Vishal fled from the spot and the cops called an onduty PSI while eyewitnesses reported it to the police control room The cops were then taken to Bombay Hospital and treated in ICU Doctors treating them said they survived only because they were wearing helmetsCar owner foundThe Cuffe Parade police found the owner of the car to be one Vijay Gupta who is a businessman residing on Peddar Road He had employed Vishal as a driver six months ago He has no clue about Vishalrsquos whereabouts eitherldquoVishal hails from Rajasthan and came to Mumbai two to three years ago He was living on a footpath on Free Press Street and started working as a Victoria carriage driver Later he learnt to drive from his friends and also got a licenserdquo said a police officerRead Story Mumbai Speeding Mercedes injures 5 sleeping under JJ flyoverldquoA common friend took him to Gupta who appointed him as a driver He brought the car to Free Press Street last night and asked his friends to join him When they were reaching the Cooperage ground he dashed the car into the copsrsquo bikerdquo he addedQuestioned friendsldquoWe have questioned his friends who were with him at the time and they said all of them fled from the spot right after the mishap without even seeing who the injured were Since then Vishal has switched off his cell phone The last time he switched it on he was located outside Mumbairdquo said the cop Cuffe Parade police have registered a case against Vishal under Section 279 rash driving or riding on a public way 338 Causing grievous hurt by act endangering life or personal safety of others of the Indian Penal Code