Five pedestrians injured as minor garage worker loses control of car

At least five persons were injured two of them critically when a 17yearold boy lost control of the car he was trying to park in Venkatesh Nagar locality in Nagpur on Saturday afternoon the police said reported the PTIThe boy worked at a garage and his employer had asked him to park the car said an official of Nandanvan police station in NagpurThe car belongs to a local political leader and did not have insurance the police official said without disclosing the car owners nameInstead of engaging the clutch the minor accidentally pressed the accelerator causing the vehicle to surge forward he saidIt struck several parked vehicles and ran into three fruitandvegetable vendors and two bystanders the official saidMahendra Badridas Aggarwal 55 and Vandana Aggarwal 54 Basanti Netam 40 Golu Gupta 23 and Vikram Bhosale 27 were injured and are undergoing treatment at hospital the news agency reported on SaturdayA case was registered for rash driving under the Indian Penal Code and Motor Vehicles Act and the minor was detained Further probe was on the official saidPune car crash Panel probing two JJB members over minors bail finds procedural lapses misconductMeanwhile a committee formed to probe the conduct of two Juvenile Justice Board JJB members in connection with the bail given to the minor in the Pune car crash case has found procedural lapses misconduct and non compliance of norms a senior official said on Saturday according to the PTIOn May 19 two IT professionals were killed in Kalyani Nagar in Pune after their motorcycle was hit by a speeding Porsche car allegedly driven by a minor in an inebriated conditionThe accident had hit national headlines due to efforts made to get the juvenile off the hook resulting in the arrest of several persons including his father and grandfatherThe case caused a national uproar after the JJB gave bail to the accused on very lenient terms including writing a 300word essay on road safetyThe fivemember committee submitted its report on Friday to the Women and Child Development department commissioner The WCD department after receipt of the report has issued notices to two JJB members who were appointed by the department the official told PTI on the condition of anonymityThe report has found glaring lapses and mistakes while issuing the bail order by a single member of the JJB on May 19 Though the order granting bail was issued by one member the other member gave consent the next day Misconduct and non compliance of norms has been found on the part of the two members and they have been apprised about it the official said reported the PTIAs part of its probe the committee appointed by the WCD department had recorded the statement of the two JJB members he addedwith PTI inputs