Mahim woman, her baby killed in mishap

THE VAN’S TYRE BURST AND IT COLLIDED WITH A TRUCK AFTER THE VAN’S DRIVER LOST CONTROL

PALGHAR: A 37-year-old Mahim resident and her infant died in an accident on Saturday evening near Dhanori village in Palghar’s Kasa on Mumbai-Ahmedabad highway. The mishap took place after the four-wheeler’s tyre burst and it collided with a truck moving ahead, it after the driver of the van, Ayan Shaikh, lost control over the vehicle.

There were 10 people in the van. “The victims have been identified as Nazneen and oneyear-old Muzain. All the passengers were from the same family and they were on their way to Gujarat to attend a wedding,” said assistant inspector Umesh Patil of Kasa police station.

The two victims were on the rear seat when the accident took place. Shaikh and the other members of his family have sustained injuries and are admitted to the Kasa government hospital, said Patil.

The other injured have been identified as Shaheen Naik, 46; Ashiq Ali, 65; Tuba Shaikh, 7; and Zoya Shaikh, 6. A local, Prashant Rajgire, witnessed the accident and rushed to the family’s aid. He helped in getting the injured out of the car and rush them to the hospital

“We’ve filed a case under section 304(a) (causing death by negligence) of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) and Motor Vehicle Act against Shaikh and will arrest him as soon as he is discharged from the hospital. We are probing further,” said Patil. The post-mortem reports of the two victims are awaited and the traffic the Ahmedabad-bound traffic has been cleared.