Thane: A couple going to the temple town of Shirdi from Mumbai on a two-wheeler was crushed to death after a container truck hit them in Thane. Their six-year-old daughter miraculously survived the accident.
The victims, Manoj Joshi, 34, and his 30-year-old wife Manasi, residents of Bhandup, were killed on Friday in Bhiwandi taluka on the Mumbai-Nashik highway.
“The couple and their daughter were going to Shirdi for darshan of Saibaba. When they reached Yevai village, a speeding container knocked them down and ran over them, killing them on the spot. Their daughter is safe and has been sent to a hospital for medical care,” said Police Inspector Dattatray Borate.
The bodies of the deceased were sent to Indira Gandhi Memorial (IGM) hospital in Bhiwandi for post-mortem. On the complaint of the victims’ neighbour, Vijay Payre, who also left for Shirdi the same day, the police have arrested the driver of the container, Kapil Rajdev, and registered a case against him under various sections of the Indian Penal Code and the Motor Vehicles Act.
