Pune: Woman dies, 3 hurt as car hits them on bypass

PUNE: A 32-year-old woman died and three others, including her four-year-old son, suffered serious injuries in a hit-and-run accident after a car hit them around 7am on Saturday near Navale bridge on Katraj-Dehu Road Bypass. The victim and the others were on their way to Konkan for a trip.
The Sinhagd Road police said the deceased and the injured persons were walking on the side lane of the bypass when a car hit them.The car driver sped away after the accident.
The Sinhagad Road police have registered a case of rash and negligent driving and causing death due to negligence against the car driver.
Assistant inspector Pravin Jadhav of the Sinhagad Road police told TOI, "We have identified the deceased woman as Yojana Shivshankar Mahant (32) of Bibvewadi. The injured include Mahant's husband Shivshankar (36) and son Shivansh (4), besides Shivshankar's friend Amol Bhimrao Survase (37) of Moshi.
Shivshankar and Survase works with a pharma company. "Mahant and Survase families had planned a trip to Konkan for two days. Survase with his wife and son took his car and was supposed to pick up Mahant family from a spot near Navale bridge. Survase reached the spot early and Mahant family reached the Navale bridge area at 6.45am in a cab."
"Survase parked his car on the service lane. His wife and son remained seated in the car. The cab driver halted about 50 metres behind the Survase's cab. Survase then went to pick up the Mahant family. After meeting, they started walking towards Survase's car on the service lane. As they came on the third lane of the bypass when a car, which was heading towards Satara from Sinhagad Road, hit them," Jadhav said.