Traffic constable dies after being run over by crane in Mahape
NAVI MUMBAI, July 25 -- A 43-year-old traffic police constable lost his life after being run over by a crane in Mahape on Thursday afternoon. The driver of the crane claimed that he did not see the constable standing on the side of the road while taking a right turn, resulting in the vehicle running over him, said a police officer.
According to the police, the incident occurred at 12:30 pm on Thursday when the constable Ganesh Atmaram Patil, a resident of Samner village in Pachora taluka of Jalgaon district, was on duty at a traffic junction in Mahape, and the crane, allegedly being driven recklessly, ran over him.
Patil was serious injured and was rushed to the Vashi civic hospital, where he was declared dead. The body was then handed over to the deceased constable's family.
The driver of the crane, Rajesh Goud, 39, claimed that he did not see Patil standing on the side of the road while taking a right turn, resulting in the vehicle running over him, said a police officer.
The Turbe police have registered a case against the accused, a resident of Dombivli, under section 105 (culpable homicide not amounting to murder) and 281 (rash and negligent driving) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023....
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