Speeding taxi kills boy in Kandivli

A speeding taxi rammed into two children, killing one of them, while they were playing near their Kandivli (E) residence on Holi on Thursday. The police are yet to ascertain if the taxi driver, Nilesh Mishra (22), was driving while he was drunk but he has been arrested.
The deceased, Raj Tiwari (8), was playing with water balloons and gulal with his friend, Nitin Mishra (8) at Ramkrishna society in Uttaranchal Nagar, Poisar.The driver, also a resident of Poisar, was headed home from Borivli. Raj was declared dead by doctors at a nearby hospital. Nitin sustained leg injuries and was discharged after first-aid.
Nilesh was booked for causing death due to negligence, rash driving and causing hurt. A police official said, “We have sent Mishra for a medical examination to ascertain if he was driving under the influence of alcohol or any other intoxicant.”
Truck mows down motorcyclist
A truck mowed down a biker on the Western Express Highway in Kandivli (E) early on Wednesday. The truck driver, Khajappa Kelaknalli (45), a resident of Andheri (E), fled but was later nabbed and his vehicle was seized by the Samata Nagar police.
Chaitanya Deshpande (25), a resident of Chikoowadi in Borivli (W), was riding his bike on the south-bound stretch of the highway around 6.45am when the truck rammed into him near Saidham temple. Deshpande sustained injuries to his head, chin, right shoulder and right knee, and succumbed to injuries at Bhagwati Hospital.