Dumper rams into scooter, car; two hurt
An empty liquor bottle was reportedly found in the vehicle.
According to city traffic police, around 11.15am, the dumper was coming down the overbridge at speed when it hit a scooter and a four-wheeler stopped at the Godrej Garden City signal. Padma Patel, a resident of Sardar Dham Society in Gota, was riding pillion on the scooter. She fell to the ground, and the truck's front tyre ran over her right leg, causing severe injury.
The rider, Neelam Patel, sustained minor injuries.
Both women were rushed to a private hospital, where Padma remains under treatment but is conscious.
The dumper also damaged a car owned by a city resident, Ashwinkumar Prajapati. Locals reported that the driver abandoned the vehicle and fled. When residents and police inspected the truck, they found an empty liquor bottle inside.
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Later, the city traffic police caught the driver, Prakashsingh Garasiya, a native of Udaipur district in Rajasthan, and sent him for a medical test to ascertain whether he was drunk at the time of the accident.
L Division traffic police filed a case under relevant BNS sections, including rash and negligent driving, and MV Act provisions.
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