Mumbai: Two killed as speeding car jumps divider, hits scooter on Vakola flyover

Two youths lost their lives in an accident that occurred on the Vakola flyover in Santacruz after a speeding car jumped the divider and rammed into their scooter killing one of them on the spotPolice have identified the deceased as Manav Patel 21 a college student and Harsh Makwana 20 also a college student Both were residents of Vile Parle West said policeAn FIR has been registered at the Kherwadi police station as the accident occurred in their jurisdiction said an officer adding that they have arrested the driver of the carThe accused Siddhesh Rupesh Belkar 20 is the son of a builder from Borivli Belkar was driving the car with his three friends heading from Borivli to Bandra said policePatel and Makwana the two friends were returning home from Reclamation in Bandra and at 120 am as they reached the Vakola flyover Belkarrsquos car jumped and crushed the duo said policeLocals immediately alerted the police and rushed both victims to VN Desai Hospital where Makwana was declared brought dead while Patel was shifted to Cooper Hospital where he succumbed to his injuries during treatment said policeFamilies demand justiceThe families of the deceased alleged that the car driver and his friends were on a joyride racing with another car on the highwaySpeaking to midday Manavrsquos father Vinod Patel said ldquoMy son was a college student and was riding his bike home with his friend after work At Vakola bridge a speeding car from the opposite direction lost control jumped the divider and hit my sonrsquos bike My son and his friend were seriously injured and later died in the hospitalrdquoHe further alleged ldquoEyewitnesses told us that the car was speeding and racing with another vehicle on the highway We are sure that these youths were drunkrdquoKashyap Makwana Harshrsquos brother also demanded strict action saying ldquoI lost my brother in this tragic accident The car driver was speeding excessively and was on a joyride They were driving in a zigzag manner on the highway which caused them to lose control and crashrdquoldquoWe have arrested the car driver Siddhesh Belkar for allegedly speeding and causing an accident that resulted in the deaths of two youths We have sent Belkarrsquos blood sample for examination to determine whether he was intoxicated at the time of the accident He was traveling with three friends all around 20 years oldrdquo said an officer from Kherwadi police stationElderly pedestrian killedIn another incident a 65yearold pedestrian Narayan Shankar Potdar alias Mama died in a road accident after a speeding truck hit him in Oshiwara Andheri West on Thursday night The truck driver identified as Dharmendrakumar Abhaynath Yadav has been arrestedldquoThe deceased Potdar worked in a restaurant After completing his shift he was walking home when a speeding truck hit him on New Link Road in Oshiwarardquo said a police officerBiker loses footIn another accident which took place on Wednesday night a container truck hit a 26yearold biker Vivek Singh severing his right footEyewitnesses told the police that the container driver Mukesh Kumar hit the victim who was on a twowheeler near the Kherwadi signal The Kherwadi police have registered an FIR against the truck driver and have started an investigationAfter the accident locals rushed Kumar to Bhabha Hospital in an autorickshaw while police later transported his severed foot to the hospital