In a most shocking incident, two scooter borne teenagers identified as Ridge Irwin D’Souza and Kellyan Alicia Fernandes lost their lives when their scooter crashed into a truck trailer parked dangerously on the road without any specific lighting including red lights at the rear of the trailer truck. As per eyewitness the two teenagers were speeding towards Dhiraj Kirti Road in Evershine Nagar, Off Link Road Malad.
It may be noted that it’s illegal for any heavy vehicles parking without specific lighting including red lights at the rear when parked on public roads at night or amidst low visibility conditions to warn speeding two-wheelers and four-wheelers.
Parking without the required red lights is a violation of traffic safety regulations and is not legally permitted. In the present case there was no specific lighting or red light at the rear which resulted in the mishap. Action must be taken against the driver and the owner of the trailer truck. The owner of the trailer truck must be asked to compensate the family of the victims.
According to police, the accident occurred around 10.09 pm near Ryan International School on Dhiraj Kirti Road.
Reportedly, when the police reached the accident spot, they found the TVS scooter lodged under the rear right wheel of the truck, with both riders lying unconscious and bleeding. Locals helped rush them to Evershine Nursing Home, where doctors found no pulse and advised shifting them to a BMC hospital. They were later taken by private ambulance to Trauma Care Hospital, Jogeshwari East, where doctors declared both dead on arrival around 11.50 pm.
Police said the trailer was parked in a manner that obstructed traffic and endangered lives. As per senior inspector of Malad Bangur Nagar police station a case has been registered against the trailer driver.
The girl was a resident of Link Road, Mithchowki, Malad West, while the boy lived at Sundar Lane in Orlem, Malad. They were both travelling towards Dhiraj Kirti at the time of the accident. Police are investigating the matter.
Sunday was a day of mishaps. After the scooter incident in Malad, in the wee hours, two friends, residents of Mira Road, identified as Zahir Amlani, 28, and Irshad Hussain, were killed in a hit-and-run incident near Dahisar Metro Station on the Western Express Highway
Similarly, on Monday, two college students identified as Jenil Thumar, 19, and Mehak Nirman, 19, met with an accident on the Sudhir Phadke Bridge. The duo was returning to their Mira Road homes from college.
News Input KV Raman
