Kolhapur : A 42-year-old farm worker became the fourth person to die after a container truck hit seven people at Terwad on Thursday afternoon.
Mangal Sadashiv Patil (42) and Lalita Patil were walking home after work when the truck struck them. The driver has been booked under sections 106(1) (culpable homicide not amounting to murder), 281, 125, 324 of BNS, 2023 and 184, 134 of the Motor Vehicles Act. You Can Also Check: Gold Rate in Kolhapur | Silver Rate in Kolhapur | Bank Holidays in Kolhapur | Public Holidays in Kolhapur Stay updated with the latest Kolhapur news.
The vehicle owner has been asked to cooperate with us and help secure the driver’s arrest,” Shitalkumar Doijad, assistant police inspector at Kurundwad police station, said. Three people were killed on the spot. Both were among the injured taken to hospital, where Mangal later died. Lalita remains under treatment. “The driver has been identified. He is from Uttar Pradesh and was driving a container truck owned by a Nagpur-based transporter. We have started searching for the driver. He added, “We have learnt that the driver has no fixed residence and lives in the truck. He visits his native place in Uttar Pradesh once every six months. Lalita’s health condition is stable and she is out of danger. They accepted the bodies later that night after police assured them that the driver would be arrested soon. Download the TOI App.
On Thursday night, the sons of deceased couple Bhausaheb Girmal and Ashwini Girmal joined locals in protest, refusing to accept the bodies for cremation and demanding the driver’s immediate arrest.