A police constable suffered a severe head injury and fracture on his left leg after a speeding scooter banged into him on the Western Express Highway (WEH) in Jogeshwari (East) while he was on nakabandi duty.
The victim identified as Vitthal Gadekar is recuperating at Cooper hospital for the severe injuries he suffered on May 19. Jogeshwari Police arrested the scooterist identified as Saurabh Sawant (19) on Wednesday after he got discharged from the hospital after he was booked for an attempt to murder, rash driving, and causing grievous hurt charges.
Gadekar’s condition is critical and is kept in the intensive care unit (ICU). The incident occurred on the southbound arm on the WEH, when Gadekar was on night nakabandi duty amid the weekend drive for the lockdown to take action on speeding vehicles. “At around 10.20 pm, Sawant, riding rashly rammed into Gadekar head-on. Gadekar, who sustained a leg injury in the accident, fell and hit his head. Others present at the spot rushed Gadekar to Cooper Hospital for treatment,” said a Jogeshwari police officer.
Sawant too sustained injuries in the incident. He is also getting treated. “Sawant, an employee of the marketing company, was on way to his workplace and was driving at extreme speed. He said he could not recollect what went wrong and hit Gadekar. He underwent surgery on his fractured left leg. Later he was shifted to Wockhardt hospitals for the bleeding he suffered in his brain. While he is recuperating, doctors claim his condition is critical,” said the police.
Sawant confessed to committing the offense. “Sawant was not found with any vehicle documents at the time of the accident. He is in police custody for five days,” said the police.
Source: https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/mumbai/mumbai-constable-suffers-head-injury-after-scooter-bangs-into-him/articleshow/82980596.cms
