An official from Bazarpeth Police Station confirmed that Vairal had not consumed alcohol while driving
The truck was seized by the police. Pic/Navneet Barhate
The Kalyan police have booked the driver of the truck that ran over a 3-year-old boy and his mother.
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The driver, Vaibhav Balu Vairal, 26, has been booked under Section 106 (1) (causing death due to negligence) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita and Section 184 (rash driving) of the Motor Vehicles Act.
An official from Bazarpeth Police Station confirmed that Vairal had not consumed alcohol while driving. "He stated that the victims came unexpectedly in front of him. Although he applied emergency brakes, it was too late. He panicked after the incident, which is why he fled the spot," said the official.
Vairal was presented before the Kalyan court on Thursday morning, which remanded him to judicial custody.
After the accident on Wednesday, the police informed Nisha’s husband, Amit Someskar, about the tragic incident. Amit, who had recently joined a private firm in Bangalore and was there for work, rushed to Kalyan on Wednesday afternoon. Following the postmortem, the victims' bodies were handed over to Amit.
In a tragic accident, a 3-year-old boy and his mother lost their lives after being run over by a speeding truck in Kalyan area of Thane district in Maharashtra, the officials said on Wednesday.
The accident took place near Dakshin Mukhi Maruti Mandir in Kalyan West on Wednesday morning.
The Bazarpeth Police in Kalyan identified the victims as Nisha Someskar (35) and her son Ansh.
"The incident occurred around 11:30 am as the mother and son were returning home. Ansh, a nursery school student, had just finished school for the day, and Nisha had picked him up moments earlier. The accident took place near the Dakshin Mukhi Maruti Mandir, commonly known as the Hanuman Mandir, located on Agra Road. While crossing the road, the speeding truck, carrying debris for the Kalyan-Dombivli Municipal Corporation (KDMC), struck the duo," said an official.
Preliminary police investigations revealed that road construction work was recently initiated in the area, leading to the removal of the divider, the investigations are underway, the police said.
An eyewitnesses stated that Nisha attempted to cross the road, assuming she could safely reach the other side in the absence of a divider.
The truck driver fled the scene following the incident. Locals alerted the police, who rushed Nisha and Ansh to a nearby hospital, but they were declared dead on arrival, the police said, adding that by evening, the police traced the truck and apprehended the driver.
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