A police constable posted at the Thane Police Headquarters died after being hit by a speeding dumper at Cadbury Junction in Thane on Saturday morning. The deceased has been identified as Suresh Bhalerao, who had joined the Maharashtra Police in 2007. He lived with his family in Shivaji Nagar, Thane.
The incident occurred when Bhalerao was riding his bike toward the police headquarters. A recklessly driven dumper hit him from behind, causing him to collapse on the road. Locals and bystanders rushed to the spot and found him lying in a pool of blood. They immediately alerted the local police, and he was taken to a private hospital, where he was declared dead on arrival.
Krishna Kopnikar, a police officer who was on duty at Cadbury Junction along with the traffic police, said, “Following the accident, we immediately called for an ambulance, but it did not arrive in time. So we rushed him to Jupiter Hospital in an auto-rickshaw.”
Hemant Patil, Senior Police Inspector of Rabodi Police Station, said, “We have arrested the dumper driver, identified as Rajkumar Chaudhary.” Patil added that the dumper was not carrying any load and was heading from Vartak Nagar to Majiwada when it rammed into Bhalerao’s motorcycle. Due to the impact of the collision, Bhalerao was run over by the dumper’s rear wheel.
An FIR has been filed under relevant sections of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita and the Motor Vehicles Act.
