Two people lost their lives in road mishaps in Navi Mumbai. While a police constable was killed in Taloja on Saturday night, a woman died in Turbhe on Sunday afternoon.
Ravindra Deore (51), who is attached to the headquarters in Kalamboli, was on his way home in Dombivali when a vehicle mowed him down at Nagzari village in Panvel taluka.
“The accident occurred around 9 p.m. and we were intimated about it by a passer-by Deore suffered head injuries despite wearing a helmet. We are looking for CCTV footage to find the vehicle. He is survived by two daughters, a son and a wife,” senior police inspector Kashinath Chavan from Taloja police station said.
In another accident on Thane-Belapur road around 3 p.m. on Sunday, Shamiul Wahab (55), a resident of Taloja, was hit while crossing the road in Turbhe.
“The accident occurred opposite the railway station. She had come to meet a relative at Turbhe store, and was probably going towards the railway station when a truck mowed her down. The accused fled from the spot leaving the truck behind,” senior police inspector Kisan Gaikwad, Turbhe traffic police, said.
Enraged residents of Turbhe store staged a rasta roko at the spot for 20 minutes after the accident.
