Truck rams 3 cars, bike on Katraj-Dehu Road bypass

Pune: A truck rammed three cars, including a sports utility vehicle, an autorickshaw and a motorcycle on the service lane of Katraj-Dehu Road bypass near Navale Bridge on Monday morning, leaving the motorcyclist injured.

According to the Sinhagad road police, the biker suffered minor injuries. He left the spot after the accident.

Senior inspector Nandkishor Shelke of the Sinhagad Road police said, “The truck was heading towards Panvel from Sangli with sacks of sugar. While coming down the Navale bridge on Katraj-Dehu Road bypass, its engine developed a technical snag. The driver lost control over the wheel and the truck veered on to the service lane around 8.30am.”

The police said the truck first rammed the sports utility vehicle (SUV). It then hit two cars and then rammed the autorickshaw. It almost came to a halt when it hit the motorcycle. “None of the cars’ occupants were injured in the accident,” Shelke said.

The SUV driver, Prasad Prabhakar Pawar (34) of Chinchwad, lodged a complaint with the police, following which a case of rash and negligent driving was lodged against the truck driver, Chitrapal Singh (29) of Madhya Pradesh. Singh was later arrested.

The police have called the officials of Regional Transport Office (RTO) to inspect the truck and find out how it developed the technical snag, besides checking its maintenance standard.

On October 6, a motorcycle rider was killed and eight others suffered injuries after a speeding truck rammed seven two-wheelers and an equal number of cars on Katraj-Dehu Road bypass.


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