Hit-and-run: SUV fatally knocks down auto-rickshaw driver, injures his friend in Mumbai
Maharashtra, an auto-rickshaw driver was killed and his friend injured when an SUV ran over them while they were sleeping at the Versova beach in Mumbai, police said on Wednesday. The incident took place in the early hours of Monday following which the sports utility vehicle (SUV) driver fled from the spot without providing any help to the victims, they said.
The SUV driver and another occupant of the vehicle have been arrested.
Auto-rickshaw driver Ganesh Yadav and his friend Bablu Shrivastava were sleeping at the beach as they felt hot in their room located nearby in the Sagar Kutir Rahivasi Sangh slum area, an official from Versova police station said.
Shrivastava was awakened by a blunt impact on his head and hand, after which he saw a car running over Yadav, who was asleep next to him on a mat. Later, Shrivastava became unconscious, he said.
The SUV driver, Nikhil Jawle (34), and his friend Shubham Dongre (33), who was also in the vehicle, fled from the spot without providing medical help to the victims, the official said.
A local resident had noted the number of the SUV while it was entering the beachside from a narrow lane.
With this information, the police came to know the car was registered in the name of Satish S in Nagpur, the official said.
Within three hours of the incident, the two SUV occupants were nabbed from Igatpuri in neighbouring Nashik district, he said.
During the probe, the police found the SUV driver was a resident of Nagpur and his friend hailed from Navi Mumbai.
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