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Victim Pratap Naik was heading towards Virar Phata when his vehicle slipped into a pothole. As Naik fell on the road, a tanker following close behind ran over him
Locals rushed to the accident site and expressed anger at the authorities, blaming the pothole-ridden stretch of road for the tragedy. (PTI)
In yet another case of Maharashtra’s roads proving fatal, a 55-year-old man died after his scooter slipped into a pothole and he was run over by a tanker in Palghar district.
The incident occurred at around 11am on Monday near the Regional Transport Office (RTO) in Virar area. The victim, identified as Pratap Naik, was heading towards Virar Phata when his vehicle slipped into a pothole. Naik lost his balance and fell on the road and in a matter of seconds, a tanker following close behind ran over him. The man died on the spot, a Virar police official said, adding that the body was sent for postmortem to a government hospital in Virar.
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Locals rushed to the accident site and expressed anger at the authorities, blaming the pothole-ridden stretch of road for the tragedy. “Every year during monsoon, the same story repeats. Roads are dug up, filled haphazardly, and left unattended. Today, it has cost a life,” a resident was quoted as saying by news agency PTI.
The incident also disrupted traffic near the RTO for some time as crowds gathered in protest, demanding immediate action to repair potholes and hold contractors accountable, according to local police. Many pointed out that despite repeated complaints, civic authorities have failed to implement lasting solutions. The police have taken possession of the tanker and initiated an investigation, the official said. They have registered a case against its driver under various sections of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita and the Motor Vehicles Act and detained him, he added.
News18 had reported earlier that areas like Bhandup, Mulund, Ghatkopar, Andheri, and Malad have reported the highest number of potholes, with Bhandup alone logging in a shocking 1,555 complaints so far. So far, over 7,100 potholes have been addressed by the BMC since the start of the monsoon. But with heavy rain continuing and traffic worsening the road conditions, new potholes keep appearing almost daily.
In July this year, Andheri resident Lalu Kamble, 59, was run over by a dumper after he fell off his scooter when it hit a water-filled pothole on Powai’s Jogeshwari-Vikhroli Link Road. Police said while Kamble had slowed down his bike to dodge the potholes, the dumper driver did not gauge the state of the road and hit Kamble from behind.
(With PTI inputs)
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