Mumbai:
In yet another drunk driving case, an 18-year-old youth was knocked down by a car being driven by the employee of a private insurance company under the influence of alcohol at suburban Juhu on Wednesday, police said.
The police has identified the deceased as Panda Paswan while the accused fled from the scene after the accident, abandoning the vehicle but the documents, including insurance papers, available in the car led police to trace him, police said.
The accused identified as Niranjan Shetty (36), employee with a private insurance company, was arrested from his Mira Road residence, police said adding that he was driving home after attending a party and was under the influence of alcohol when the accident took place, Senior Inspector Deepak Kathkade said.
According to police, Paswan, working as a cook at a Chinese stall, was going to dispose the waste at a garbage bin when the speeding car rammed him from behind at around 1 am.
Subsequently, the car hit an auto rickshaw and a bus stop, police said adding that a police team immediately rushed to the spot and took the injured to nearby hospital where he was declared dead before admission.
"The accused was not present at the spot when police reached there," Kathkade said.