PUNE: A 20-year-old construction worker riding a motorcycle at high speed lost his life after he crashed into iron rods protruding from a truck at Wagholi on Friday morning.
The victim, Sagar Waghmare from Khulewadi in Chandannagar, died owing to multiple head injuries, police said.
Truck driver Ramesh Sathe (24), from Sutarwadai in Pashan, was arrested by the police on the charge of causing the biker’s death due to negligence under section 304(a), among other charges, of the Indian Penal Code and the Motor Vehicles Act. Senior inspector Gajanan Pawar from Lonikand said, “Investigations revealed that Sathe and Waghmare were heading in the direction of Pune from Wagholi. The truck transporting iron rods stopped for a while on Azadnagar Road at Wagholi around 7am for taking a right turn. Waghmare, coming from behind at high speed, lost control of the bike and crashed into the protruding iron rods.”
Pawar told TOI, “The impact of the incident was such that the skin of his face had come off after his bike skidded after crashing into the iron roads. He was not wearing helmet.”
“Waghmare was proclaimed brought dead by the doctors on arrival at the Sassoon general hospital. The hospital in its post-mortem report certified the cause of the victim’s death due to multiple injuries,” he added.
Sub-inspector Shrikant Temghire, said, “We had received information that the iron roads had hit the biker while taking a turn. But investigations revealed that the biker was at fault. We have taken action against Sathe because he did not exercise caution while taking a turn. The accident could have been averted had he taken precautions.” Sr PI Pawar said, “Transporting iron rods cannot be permitted if they are protruding outside the length of vehicle. The truck driver, driving in dangerous condition, failed to take safety measures like displaying red light/red cloth, indicating dangers to vehicles coming from behind.”
Waghmare’s family could not be contacted because his mother passed away a few days ago, his father is undergoing treatment in a hospital and his sister has sustained injury to her hand in an accident.
