Nashik, In another hit-and-run case in Maharashtra, a 31-year-old woman died after a speeding car hit her in Nashik city, police said on Wednesday.
The 51-year-old driver of the car, who was under the influence of alcohol at the time of the Tuesday afternoon incident and fled the scene, was later arrested, they said.
The accused has been identified as Devchand Rambhau Tidme, a resident of Dhruv Nagar who worked in a company in Satpur MIDC area here, an official from Gangapur police station said.
The victim, Archana Kishore Shinde, a resident of Hanuman Nagar, was walking home after work around 6 pm when a speeding car hit her from behind on Bardan Phata-Shivaji Nagar Road near Gangapur Road. the official said.
The woman was seriously injured in the head. She was taken to a nearby hospital where doctors pronounced her dead, she said.
Before the accident, two young men coming from the opposite direction saw the car heading towards the woman and tried to alert the driver.
However, the driver of the car did not reduce speed and the vehicle collided with Shinde. The driver of the vehicle then fled, according to police.
The incident was captured by CCTV cameras installed in the area.
An alert citizen present at the scene also noted down the vehicle number.
Police later arrived at the driver's home and arrested him. He was on his way home when the accident occurred, the official said.
His medical examination report indicated that he was under the influence of alcohol at the time of the accident. As a result, he could not control the vehicle and hit Shinde. After the accident, she did not help the victim and went to her house, police said.
The Gangapur police have registered a case against the man under sections 105 (culpable homicide not amounting to murder), 281 (rash driving) and provisions of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita Motor Vehicles Act, the official said.
Police added that an investigation into the case is underway.
On Sunday, a woman died in Mumbai's Worli area after a BMW car collided with a two-wheeler she was traveling on and dragged her for 1.5 kilometres, police earlier said.
According to the police, three people, including the son of a Shiv Sena politician, have been arrested in connection with the incident.
On Sunday night, a policeman was killed in Pune when a car collided with the motorcycle of two policemen patrolling in the Khadki area. For this reason, a 24-year-old man was arrested on Monday.
In another hit-and-run incident on Sunday night, a 23-year-old man died after he was hit by an unidentified vehicle in Nagpur city.
On February 25, a woman drove her Mercedes car recklessly, allegedly under the influence of alcohol, and collided with two men riding a scooter on the Ram Jhula Bridge. Both motorcyclists died after the accident.
The woman turned herself in to police on July 1, more than four months after the accident, and was subsequently arrested.
On July 2, a court here ordered her release and called her arrest in the case illegal.
The 51-year-old driver of the car, who was under the influence of alcohol at the time of the Tuesday afternoon incident and fled the scene, was later arrested, they said.
The accused has been identified as Devchand Rambhau Tidme, a resident of Dhruv Nagar who worked in a company in Satpur MIDC area here, an official from Gangapur police station said.
The victim, Archana Kishore Shinde, a resident of Hanuman Nagar, was walking home after work around 6 pm when a speeding car hit her from behind on Bardan Phata-Shivaji Nagar Road near Gangapur Road. the official said.
The woman was seriously injured in the head. She was taken to a nearby hospital where doctors pronounced her dead, she said.
Before the accident, two young men coming from the opposite direction saw the car heading towards the woman and tried to alert the driver.
However, the driver of the car did not reduce speed and the vehicle collided with Shinde. The driver of the vehicle then fled, according to police.
The incident was captured by CCTV cameras installed in the area.
An alert citizen present at the scene also noted down the vehicle number.
Police later arrived at the driver's home and arrested him. He was on his way home when the accident occurred, the official said.
His medical examination report indicated that he was under the influence of alcohol at the time of the accident. As a result, he could not control the vehicle and hit Shinde. After the accident, she did not help the victim and went to her house, police said.
The Gangapur police have registered a case against the man under sections 105 (culpable homicide not amounting to murder), 281 (rash driving) and provisions of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita Motor Vehicles Act, the official said.
Police added that an investigation into the case is underway.
On Sunday, a woman died in Mumbai's Worli area after a BMW car collided with a two-wheeler she was traveling on and dragged her for 1.5 kilometres, police earlier said.
According to the police, three people, including the son of a Shiv Sena politician, have been arrested in connection with the incident.
On Sunday night, a policeman was killed in Pune when a car collided with the motorcycle of two policemen patrolling in the Khadki area. For this reason, a 24-year-old man was arrested on Monday.
In another hit-and-run incident on Sunday night, a 23-year-old man died after he was hit by an unidentified vehicle in Nagpur city.
On February 25, a woman drove her Mercedes car recklessly, allegedly under the influence of alcohol, and collided with two men riding a scooter on the Ram Jhula Bridge. Both motorcyclists died after the accident.
The woman turned herself in to police on July 1, more than four months after the accident, and was subsequently arrested.
On July 2, a court here ordered her release and called her arrest in the case illegal.
