An uneven paver-blocked patch on the busy Thane-Belapur road proved fatal for assistant sub-inspector Tukaram Phadtare (52), who was run over by a truck after his motorcycle skidded near Vitawa early on Tuesday.
Bad road condition caused the accident, said Prakash Nilewad, senior inspector, Kalwa police station. Phadtare's bike could have slipped on the uneven surface and the truck driver was unable to control his speed and ran over him, said an officer. The police have arrested truck driver Munna Suraman Turi and booked him for negligent and rash driving.
Around 5.30am, Phadtare of the Daighar police station was heading home in Navi Mumbai when he met with the accident. Phadtare was taken to the nearby Chhatrapati Shivaji hospital, but he died before admission.
A preliminary probe by the police suggested that the paver blocks fitted on a small patch were not aligned with the concrete road. Questions are now being raised about failure on part of the private contractor to ensure that the paver blocks were fitted well as the patch had sunk in slightly, indicating shoddy work. Also, the gap between the road and the paver block surface is wide and could prove fatal for two-wheelers, just as it did for Phadtare.
Recently, a woman, Shraddha Nair, was run over by a vehicle after being thrown off a bike when it hit an uneven paver block patch in Powai.
On July 2, Umesh Shinde (28), a civil engineer, lost his life after he was flung onto the road from his scooter, unable to navigate a pothole on the Western Express Highway in Malad (east). On July 11, Jaideep Karveer (21), an engineering student, was run over by a truck after his bike hit a crater on the Western Express Highway in Goregaon. On July 19, when Asha Damdare (48) and her daughter were returning to their Kolasowadi home in Vasai (east), their two-wheeler struck a pothole and the vehicle fell. Asha, who sustained serious injuries to her head and back, died two days later. On August 11, Dombivli housewife Vidya Naik had fallen off her bike after it hit a pothole near her house. She succumbed to head injuries in hospital five days later.
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