Drunk man sans driving licence hits 5 people with friend’s car, held

Pune: A drunk man on Wednesday night hit five people with his friend's car at a vegetable market in Balajinagar, off Pune-Satara Road, after the latter told him to park it.Worse, he did not have a driving licence. Senior inspector Vitthal Pawar of the Sahakarnagar police station said, "We arrested the driver, Akbar Tamboli (30) of Balajinagar, on Thursday morning after registering a case against him. His medical test confirmed that he was drunk."Pawar said, ""Tamboli does not know how to drive a car. We will question the owner of the vehicle, a friend of Tamboli."An injured girl (17) lodged a complaint with the police. "Out of the five injured people, one girl is in a serious condition and has been admitted to a private hospital in Dhankawdi. The others have been discharged," he said."Tamboli is a vegetable vendor and owns a stall in the market. The five people were standing on the road when another stall owner asked Tamboli to park his car on the other side of the market around 9pm," Pawar said."Tamboli, who was intoxicated, got into the driver's seat and started the car. As soon as he pressed the accelerator, he lost control of the vehicle and it hit the five people," he said.(Box)Two women injured after private bus hits scooterTwo women riding a scooter suffered injuries after a private luxury bus hit them from behind at Puram Chowk on Bajirao Road around 6.30am on Thursday, the Swargate police said.Senior inspector Yashwant Nikam of the Swargate police said, "The bus was heading towards Shivajinagar from Sarasbaug. Its driver jumped the red signal at the chowk and hit the scooter riders from behind. He then lost control of the vehicle. The bus crashed into the railings of the footpath along Bajirao Road and came to a grinding halt on the pavement."
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