Dapodi police later detained the driver and invoked drunk driving and other charges against him. PUNE: An SUV driven by a student from a central govt-run residential engineering college in Dighi jumped a divider on Pune-Nashik highway late Saturday night, fatally hitting an autorickshaw driver and injuring two motorcyclists. The accident brought back memories of the May 19 accident in Kalyaninagar, when a Porsche Taycan driven by a 17-year-old hit a motorcycle from the rear, killing two young software engineers around 2.
30am. The teen was returning home in Wadgaon Sheri along with his two minor friends and his family driver after visiting some pubs in the Mundhwa area. In the latest case, the SUV driver is 17 years and 10 months old and admitted during questioning that he was drunk at the time of the crash in Bhosari, police said.
The minor hails from Haryana and his father is an Army JCO posted in a northeastern state. Police identified the autorickshaw driver as Amod Kamble (27), a resident of Landewadi in Bhosari. He died on the spot.
The teenage driver and his 20-year-old friend, who owned the SUV, escaped with minor injuries. They were going to Nashik Phata from Dighi, police said. Dapodi police later detained the driver and invoked drunk driving and other charges against him.
"We referred the minor to a medical test. A report of his blood sample test is awaited. During initial questioning, the minor admitted that he was drunk at the time of the accident and did not know.
