In a shocking incident, one person died after a Mercedes collided with his two-wheeler on the Pune-Bengaluru Highway in the early hours of Saturday. Following the crash, the high-end car broke through the barricade on the Wadgaon Bridge and fell onto the service road below.
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Sambhaji Kadam, Deputy Commissioner of Pune City Police, told The Free Press Journal that four youths were travelling in the Mercedes, and all of them were in an inebriated state. "The accused first went to Hinjawadi, where they drank. Later, they went to Katraj. While returning from there, at around 4:30am, the Mercedes collided with a Splendor two-wheeler on the Bengaluru-Pune Highway near Vishal Hotel, Wadgaon Bridge. Due to the accident, the driver of the two-wheeler died, and his pillion rider was severely injured. All four people in the car were also injured and admitted to Sassoon General Hospital for treatment. One empty bottle was found inside the car," he added.
"The victim has been identified as Kunal Hushar (23), a resident of Chinchwad, while the injured pillion rider is Prajyot Pujari (21), also from Chinchwad. The accused driver is Shubham Bhosale (27), a resident of Nigdi, and the passengers in the car were Nikhil Ranawade (26) from Aundh, Shreyas Solankhi (25) from Chinchwad, and Vedant Rajput (28) from Nigdi," Kadam informed.
"The victims had gone to attend a kirtan at Shree Sadguru Shankar Maharaj Samadhi Math in Dhankawadi. The accident took place when they were returning home. The deceased Kunal was a BCA student. Meanwhile, the Mercedes owner is identified as accused Shubham's mother," he added.
An FIR is currently being registered under Section 105 of the Bharatiya Nyay Sanhita (culpable homicide).
Further investigation into the accident is currently underway.
