15 injured as bus carrying police trainees overturns near Karad

MASUR: A private bus carrying police trainees from Dhule to Kolhapur overturned early on Thursday in the Padali (Helgaon) area of Karad taluka. The accident took place in the Khadki area on the Karad-Rahimatpur road, near Sharad Jadhav's field. Fifteen people were injured: 12 police trainees, the driver, the assistant driver and the cleaner.

According to the information available, a farmers' organisation is agitating at Nagthane demanding a higher price for sugarcane. Against this background, the vehicle, registration number MH 09 GE 9045, belonging to Vaibhav and Ram Tours and Travels, had set out for Kolhapur with 26 police trainees from Dhule.

Within the limits of Padali-Helgaon, the driver lost control of the vehicle and the bus overturned on the road. The injured trainees include Sujit Balaso Kadam, Shivam Uttam Nikam, Rushikesh Dattatray Patil, Dashrath Dhondiram Yamkar, Vinesh Bhagwan Waydande, Parth Sunil Chougule, Akash Suresh Ghadge, Tushar Pandurang Barge, Shubham Vasant Kumbhar, Digambar Rangrao Charaple, Sagar Satappa Khamkar and Shubham Ramchandra Koli. The bus driver Samadhan Laxman Patil, assistant driver Mukunda Ramlal and cleaner Gaurishankar Subhash Chaudhari were also hurt.

All the injured were admitted for treatment to the primary health centre at Helgaon and the Venutai Chavan sub-district hospital in Karad. A case has been registered against the driver. Police constable Abhishek Shahaji Patil (28), a native of Padali Khurd in Karvir taluka, filed the complaint at Masur police station.

The complaint says the driver, Samadhan Laxman Patil, a resident of Nandale Bk., Dhule taluka and district, drove the vehicle negligently and carelessly. It alleges that he ignored the condition of the road and drove at high speed, causing the accident.

On receiving news of the accident, Assistant Police Inspector Adinath Kharat and Sub-Inspector S. S. Bhosale of Masur police station reached the spot and inspected it. V. B. Potekar is conducting further investigation into the case.