Navi Mumbai: A 30-year-old man driving his car was killed and his two cousins accompanying him, were injured after the driver lost control over the wheels on the Mangaon-Mahad stretch of Mumbai-Goa highway after crossing Mangaon railway station and, veering off the road, crashed into the iron gate of an industrial unit.
The accident occurred on Monday around 3 am, when the three had gone for dinner at a roadside food stall in Mangaon and were returning to their respective villages in Mahad taluka. The injured complainant stated in the FIR registered at Mangaon police station that the accused car driver and his cousin had consumed liquor before going for dinner.
The deceased driver was identified as Akshay Arjun Kadam, a resident of Nandgaon, Mahad taluka. Those injured are Rohit Rajendra Dhadve (24), working as a safety officer at Astriel Life Science Pvt Ltd in Mahad MIDC, and his cousin Roshan Dilip Dhadve (24). Both are residents of Kembhurli, Mahad taluka.
Maruti Andhale, senior inspector of Mangaon, said, “The complainant Rohit Dhadve has stated in the FIR that the accused Akshay Kadam drove the car after consuming liquor along with his cousin Roshan. Since Kadam, responsible for the car crash, had died in the accident, a final closure ‘abated summary’ report will be submitted before the Mangaon magistrate court.”
Hearing the loud noise of the car crash, the locals gathered, removed the three injured from the car and summoned a 108 ambulance in which they were rushed to Mangaon sub-district hospital, where Akshay was declared brought dead on arrival.
