Sub-inspector Vijay Gaikwad dies after car rams police on duty near Nanduri Gad in Nashik
A speeding car hit police personnel deployed for Navratri crowd control at the Nanduri-Abhona T-point at midnight, killing a traffic branch sub-inspector and injuring several others.
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A serious accident occurred at midnight at the foot of Nanduri Gad in Nashik district. A speeding car hit police officers and personnel deployed on bandobast duty near the Nanduri-Abhona T-point. Vijay Gaikwad, a sub-inspector with the traffic branch, died during treatment. Several people, including police officers, personnel and devotees, were injured. The incident has cast a pall of grief over the police force.
With the Shardiya Navratri festival under way, police had been deployed at the Abhona T-point at the foot of Nanduri Gad, keeping in mind the crowds of devotees. Officers and personnel were on duty from 8 pm to 6 am. They included Sub-Inspector Vijay Gaikwad, Dinkar Munde and Head Constable Sachin Raut.
It is reported that a Maruti Ciaz car coming towards Nashik first hit a two-wheeler near a speed breaker. The car then veered to the wrong side and struck another oncoming car on the driver's side. It then hit the police barricades placed in the middle of the road and crashed into the officers and personnel on duty.
In the accident, Sub-Inspector Dinkar Munde suffered a leg injury. Head Constable Sachin Raut suffered a fracture of the left foot. Moreshwar Balu Patil (52) of Mumbai is also reported to have suffered a fracture of the left leg. Inspector Aher of the traffic branch reached the spot on learning of the accident.
The injured were rushed to the rural hospital at Vani. Some of them were then shifted to Nashik for further treatment, it was said. Sub-Inspector Vijay Gaikwad died while undergoing treatment.
According to available information, those injured include Dinkar Munde, Sachin Raut, Kapil Sali, Moreshwar Patil, Gopal Sonawane, Durgesh Chaudhari, Soham Pawar, Rajaram Jadhav and Radhabai Gavit, among others. All of them are being treated in hospital. The exact cause of the accident will become clear in further investigation.
The accident occurred at midnight at the very bandobast that had been set up for the safety of devotees during Navratri, so devotees as well as the police on duty were affected. Grief is being expressed in the police force over the death of Sub-Inspector Vijay Gaikwad. News of the incident at the foot of Nanduri Gad caused alarm in the area.
