HELMETLESS MAN WAS DRIVING ON WRONG SIDE
80-yr-old dead man booked for accident that claimed his life
Soumitra.Bose@timesgroup.com
Nagpur: 22.12.2021
Police here have booked a dead man for causing the scooter accident that killed him. Jagdish Dewulkar (80), riding without a helmet with his 70-year-old wife Sewantabai as pillion on their scooter, met with an accident and succumbed to his injuries on August 7. Four months later, on December 20, the police have registered an offence against him.
The Dewulkar couple were driving on the road between Kanji House Chowk and Rani Durgawati Chowk while returning from a birthday party at Ramai Nagar, in Jaripatka, on August 3. The accident occurred around 10pm. Jagdish, who was driving on the wrong side, failed to maintain the balance of his scooter while taking a turn and it crashed.
Though Sewantabai escaped unhurt, Jagdish suffered substantial injuries. He was rushed to a private hospital but later shifted to Indira Gandhi Government Medical College and Hospital. Doctors declared him dead on August 7. The police booth at the hospital then alerted Yashodhara Nagar police about Jagdish’s death.
The Yashodhara Nagar police then registered a case of accidental death under CrPC Sec
174. The post-mortem was conducted at IGGMCH. After prolonged investigations, the cops wanted to file a summary of the death case before ACP Roshan Pandit (Jaripatka division). However, the ACP decided that as per norms a case needed to be registered against the senior citizen holding him responsible for negligent driving leading to the accident.
Senior inspector Sanjay Jadhav of Yashodhara Nagar police station said the senior citizen was technically held responsible because he had driven the two-wheeler on the wrong side and taken a turn that caused him to lose balance and sustain an injury from the fall. “We will now send an abated summary of the case to the court informing it about the death of the accused in the case,” he said.
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