In a shocking incident, a tanker ran over three people sleeping on the road, including a three-year-old child. The 32-year-old tanker driver was arrested by the Parksite police in Vikhroli on Saturday.
The accused has been identified as Ashok Alguram Sahu. On the day of the incident, the driver, while parking the tanker, lost control and hit another tanker ahead. A police officer at Parksite station told the leading daily, “The tanker that was parked ahead was unoccupied and did not have any stone under its tyres, so it moved forward and ran over the three victims.”
The deceased were identified as Laxmi Khandu Waghmare 50, and her children Sayama Sahebrao Waghmare, 15, and Kartik Ganesh Waghmare, 3. They were sleeping on the Powai-Vikhroli road owing to soaring heat. Khandu Waghmare, 60, the complainant in the case and husband of Laxmi, told police that they have been staying on the footpath for the past 30 years. Waghmare told the leading daily, “Around 9.40 pm, I heard a huge noise. I woke up as the tanker’s tyre brushed my shoulder and I suffered minor injuries. I saw that my wife, granddaughter, and grandson had been crushed under the tyre and were bleeding profusely. We tried to catch the driver but he fled the spot.”
After the incident, the three victims were shifted to hospital. Laxmi and Sayama were dead on the spot, while Kartik succumbed to his injuries later.
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