Pune: A 23-year-old motorcycle rider died, while Pillion’s driver suffered a serious injury after the vehicle fell almost seven feet into a trench on the civil service work site in Lane No.
31, Sukhsagarnagar in Katraj, on Sunday intervention and Monday.
Motorcycle riders Khandu Pujari surrendered in injury on Tuesday while undergoing hospital treatment, police said and identified the pilllion driver who was injured as Mahadev Suryavanshi.
The two men were ordinary workers who lived in Gokulnagar in Katraj.
The police on Tuesday registered a case of endangering human life and caused sad wounds to the officials of private construction and infrastructure companies rented by Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC) for road work.
“The company does not install barricades or diversion boards on the site, ignoring the safety of road users.
Pujari, who rode a bicycle, failed to see a ditch in the dark and the bike fell,” said Sub-Inspector Atul Thorat from the Bharati Vidyapeth police station.
VG Kulkarni, Head of the PMC Road Department, said, “We have asked all civil contractors to ensure security measures at the location where their work is ongoing.
The contractor is also expected to spread security people in these locations where the work is moderate Lasted for a longer period.
In the Sukhsagarnagar accident, the city police have initiated action.
PMC will provide the required assistance.
“On Wednesday afternoon, there were no company officials present on the accident site.
Despite several attempts to contact company officials, they remain not available for comments.
Thorat said, “Pujari and Suryavanshi worked on a site near Swargate and they headed to Gokulnagar in Katraj.
They entered the lane and fell into the ditch and then went to the adjacent NULLAH.” The local resident of Prem Dhawate said, “At night, we saw the second The man on the bike moved onto the track and fell into the trench.
The motorbike rider suffered a serious injury when he collided with the iron rod.
My friends jumped to Nolah and took them out.
Then we called their employer and they were taken to the hospital Of course.
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