Injured Advik
The driver, Sheikh Jameel, 45, resident of Swarnagar, was nabbed after Mankapur police examined CCTV footage and zeroed in on the truck. People block the Godhani–Mankapur Road following a fatal accident Godhani road accident People block the Godhani–Mankapur Road following a fatal accident Godhani road accident There are two versions of the crash. Mankapur police are scrambling for CCTV footage and examining the sequence of events. Jameel was reportedly transporting gravel to a construction site. The incident triggered a major law-and-order situation, with hundreds of residents gathering at the spot. Additional commissioner of police Vinita Sahu rushed to pacify the crowd. Senior officials from Nagpur Municipal Corporation, Nagpur Improvement Trust and Maharashtra State Electricity Board were also summoned.
causing the occupants to fall, others claim the vehicle skidded before the truck ran over the woman While some accounts suggest the truck hit the scooter from behind.
A 31-year-old woman, Ashwini Phalke, was mowed down by a gravel-laden truck, while her six-year-old son, Advik, whom she managed to push to safety moments before the collision, is battling for life at a private hospital. Her husband, Pankaj, who was driving the scooter had a miraculous escape. Some roadside shops, kiosks and carts were wrecked by the crash. Residents blocked the road and traffic remained suspended for more than four hours.
Nagpur: Just over a month after a BTech student was crushed to death by a speeding truck on Godhani Road, another accident at the same spot triggered massive outrage in the area on Tuesday.