Mumbai: Four Injured as Speeding SUV Allegedly Driven by Drunk Motorist Hits Vehicles, Residents in Chembur
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Mumbai, Oct 16 : Four people were injured after a speeding SUV, allegedly driven by an intoxicated motorist, rammed into several vehicles and struck residents near Panjarapole Circle in Chembur, an eastern suburb of Mumbai, during the intervening night of Thursday and Friday.
Trombay police arrested the driver, identified as Mujawar Sheikh, 42, and registered a case against him in connection with the incident.
According to reports, the SUV, carrying four occupants, was travelling from Chembur towards South Mumbai at high speed. Instead of entering the Eastern Freeway, the vehicle reportedly turned onto a connecting road leading to the Panjarapole residential settlement.
The driver allegedly lost control of the SUV and collided with an autorickshaw, a two-wheeler and several taxis parked along the roadside at around 1 am.
When local residents attempted to stop the vehicle, it allegedly continued moving and struck four people who were sitting outside their homes. The SUV eventually came to a halt after crashing into the boundary structure of a house.
Angered by the incident, residents allegedly assaulted all four occupants of the SUV and vandalised the vehicle.
On receiving information, Trombay police rushed to the spot and shifted the injured residents to Shatabdi Hospital in Govandi, where they were undergoing treatment.
Police subsequently registered an offence against Sheikh and arrested him. Eyewitnesses claimed that all four young men travelling in the SUV were intoxicated. They reportedly lived in South Mumbai and had ventured towards the Eastern Freeway for a late-night drive.
Panjarapole is generally a busy locality, but the late-night timing of the incident reportedly helped avert fatalities. Several vehicles parked along the road, however, sustained extensive damage.
The collision and the subsequent confrontation between residents and the SUV occupants created tension in the area before police intervened.
No deaths were reported in the incident.
