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Marine Drive hit-and-run: Student dies, driver held
The driver of a car that knocked down a 17-year-old college girl at Marine Drive on Monday was arrested on Tuesday and released on a cash bail of Rs 15,000. The student is the second person to be killed in a car accident at the same spot near Taraporewala Aquarium at Marine Drive in just two weeks.
Rohan Herbert Prasad, who works with a car dealership in Prabhadevi, was arrested under IPC sections 279 and 304(A) for rash driving and causing death by negligence, respectively.
On Monday afternoon, Saylee Rajput, a resident of Kandivli, was visiting Girgaum Chowpatty with her friend Rashmi. Around 2.45pm, Rashmi called Saylee’s father Arjun to inform him that his daughter had met with an accident while crossing the road near Tarapurwala Aquarium and had been rushed to Nair Hospital. Arjun, who works with a private laboratory in Borivli, rushed to the hospital only to learn that Saylee had died due to severe head injuries. On March 24, Nair Dental Hospital intern Dipali Lahamate had met with a similar accident on the same stretch. She died six days later.
Prasad, who sped away without offering help to Saylee, surrendered before police late on Monday. “Prasad told us that he was not at fault as the signal was not working. The girl tried to cross the road and he could not control the vehicle. Prasad said he fled as he feared being lynched by passersby,” said an officer.
Police are scanning the CCTV footage of the accident spot, said Vilas Gangawane, senior inspector, Marine Drive police. Prasad, a resident of Mount Mary in Bandra, told cops that he had taken a car out for a test drive to Nariman Point. He was returning to Prabhadevi when the vehicle hit the girl at Marine Drive.
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