This story is from June 5, 2021

One dead, two injured as speeding car overturns

One dead, two injured as speeding car overturns
Pune: A driver of a speeding car was killed, while two of its occupants were injured when the vehicle overturned after hitting a pavement near Mauli petrol pump on Baner Road on Wednesday night. Two other occupants of the car escaped without injuries, police said.
The victim, Ganesh Ghanchakkar (25), a resident of Sandhyanagar at Someshwardi in Pashan, succumbed to injuries while undergoing treatment at a private hospital around 12.30am on Thursday.
Occupants Sahil Kulkarni sustained injuries on his right hand, while his friend Sachin Jadhav suffered injuries on lips, nose and neck. Kulkarni and Jadhav were discharged from hospital after treatment.
The others, Sachin Jadhav and Govind Dhar, escaped unhurt.
Sub-inspector Kapil Bhalerao from Chatushrungi police told TOI, “ Ghanchakkar was driving at high speed. he lost control over the vehicle, which overturned after hitting the pavement at 8pm.”
Bhalerao said, “The petrol pump employees pulled out critically-injured Ghanchakkar from the car and rushed him and the two injured to a nearby private hospital. The victim later died while undergoing treatment.”
The driver’s friend, Sahil Kulkarni (18), Kulkarni in his statement to the police said that a loud noise started emanating from the car after it developed a technical snag and Ghanchakkar could not gain control over the speeding vehicle. He lost balance and the car overturned.
Kulkarni said that Dhar fell out of the car, but Ghanchakkar could not emerge from the vehicle. Kulkarni and two others came out of the car after its rear glass broke under the impact.
The police have booked Ghanchakkar for causing death due to negligence under section 304 (a) among other charges of the Indian Penal Code and the Motor Vehicles Act.
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Asseem Shaikh

Asseem Shaikh is a special correspondent at The Times of India, Pune. He holds a PG degree in Journalism and Communication and Human Rights, and has been a journalist for about 20 years now. He covers the crime and legal beats with special focus on ‘syndicated’ crime, cyber crime, terrorism, custodial deaths, fake encounters and human rights violations. Has made good use of the Right to Information Act for journalistic purposes. He loves to travel.

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