Maharashtra: Techie woman dies in road mishap, dumper driver held
Police said Tejal was a computer engineer and came to Pune in search of a job. She went to a hotel in Baner area with her friend Prachi Jagannath Pachange (28) for dinner on Wednesday to celebrate her birthday, returning from which the duo met with an accident.
They were returning on a two-wheeler via Jupiter Hospital road in Baner, when a speeding dumper knocked them down, around 12.30 am on Thursday.
Both Tejal and Prachi were left injured in the incident. After receiving information, a police team reached the spot. Both victims were rushed to a hospital.
Tejal was pronounced dead at the hospital. Prachi is undergoing treatment, police said. Based on a complaint filed by Prachi, a first information report (FIR) was lodged against the dumper driver, at the Baner police station.
The driver had fled from the spot after the road mishap, police said.
Assistant police inspector Anil Kekan, the investigation officer said that during investigation they have arrested the dumper driver Rahul Bhimrao Rathod (34) of Ravet, under Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS) sections 106(1), 125(a), 281, on charges of negligent driving.
According to the police, the matter is currently under investigation.
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