One died and three injured in a car crash at Mulund

MUMBAI: One killed and three others injured seriously after the i10 car in which they were travelling back to their Powai homes met with an accident on Friday. The incident occurred around 1.30am when the four—injured Aditya Sharma (25) was driving the car, Nilesh Wani, Kamlesh Mahopol (25) and Siddharth Bhandhary (25) who died—were returning home after dropping their female office colleague at her Mulund residence after work.The Mulund police have booked Sharma for rash driving which cost the life of one of his colleague.
The mishap occurred minutes after the four dropped their colleague Khushboo Thakkar. All of them are employed at a managerial post with an online housing dotcom portal at Hiranandani Gardens in Powai and some of them have completed their education from IIT-Powai. “According to the survivors, the incident occurred after the car lost control and jumped the divider before crashing into a parked two-wheelers and later to a roadside tree. The car was heading towards Powai on LBS Marg when the mishap occurred,” said Mulund police senior inspector Rajaram Vhanmane.
All the injured are undergoing treatment at Mulund Fortis Hospital. While Wani has suffered severe injuries. Sharma has been booked under the Indian Penal Code sections for 279 (rash driving), 304 (A) (causing death by negligence) and 338 (grievous hurt by act endangering life or personal safety of others). He is also booked under the Motor Vehicle Act section 184 (driving dangerously). Mahopol’s statement has been recorded who escaped with minor injuries.
In the statement, he said, “The mishap occurred when the car jumped a speed breaker on LBS Marg which Sharma did not noticed.”
After jumping the breaker, according to Mahopol, the vehicle jumped the centre road divider and went on to the other side of the road near Vasant Oscar residential complex on LBS Marg and hit on to 3-4 parked bikes before crashing on to a roadside tree. Motorists passing from the spot of incident informed the police who rushed to the spot and took the injured to the hospital. “Bhandhary was declared dead on admission at the hospital. Sharma’s blood sample has been taken to check whether he was drunk at the time of incident,” said a police officer.
According to the survivors, they worked overtime on Thursday to complete the work. “After working regular working hours they decided to finish the work waiting late. They left office at around 1am to drop their female colleague in Mulund. The dead and the injured ones resides in Chandivali locality at Powai and worked at an online portal company in Hiranandani Gardens, Powai,” said the officer.