Thane: A 35-year-old police constable patrolling on a motorcycle died when a heavy iron bar fell from a truck and hit him at Chavindra village near Pogaon Patha in Bhiwandi on Saturday night. Acccording to the police, the deceased, Dadaso Ramchandra Singe (35), a Badlapur resident, was posted at Bhiwandi taluka police station. Police said that when the onduty constable flagged a truck, loaded with iron rods, beyond its capacity, to stop, its driver sped away. Singe chased the overloaded truck. Suddenly, the truck driver applied emergency brake. A heavy iron bar fell off the vehicle and hit Singe into his chest.
The constable fell on the road and died on the spot. The truck was overloaded with iron bars from a steel company in Wada, Palghar, was heading towards the Nashik district.The truck driver fled the spot. Bhiwandi Taluka police registered a case against the absconding truck driver. Further investigations are underway, said the police.
