MUMBAI: A traffic police constable sustained serious injuries after a car hit his motorcycle at Reclamation near Bandra-Worli Sea Link on Saturday. The person driving the car, Dhondiram Chauhan (38), has been arrested for rash and negligent driving.
It's the fifth accident in two weeks, in which police personnel were either injured or killed. On Saturday, the constable,
Pramod Patil (34), attached to the Bandra traffic police chowkie, was on his way to replace his colleague at the sea link.
As he took a turn at Reclamation, a car came from the wrong direction and hit the police bike.
Patil lost his balance, fell to the ground and the motorcycle fell on his leg. He has sustained multiple fractures in his left leg. A constable and the car driver took Patil to Lilavati Hospital.