The incident occurred on Friday evening in front of Felicity Society, where the victim, Soham Patel, was celebrating with family members following Laxmi Pujan
Pune: A 35-year-old software engineer lost his life after being struck by a speeding vehicle whilst lighting fireworks in the Ravet area of Pimpri Chinchwad, officials said on Monday.
In Short
- Man was hit by car while he was celebrating Diwali eve with family
- Incident captured on CCTV, driver fled the scene
- 48 hours on, accused driver yet to be caught
The incident occurred on Friday evening in front of Felicity Society, where the victim was celebrating with family members following Laxmi Pujan.
The deceased, identified as Soham Patel, was employed as a software engineer at a multinational company.
According to police officials, Patel was lighting fireworks on Diwali eve when he was struck by a speeding car, which authorities have since identified. Patel succumbed to multiple injuries. The entire incident was captured by CCTV cameras installed in the vicinity.
However, after 48 hours, police have yet to locate the driver responsible.
“The deceased was working as a software engineer in a private company and was lighting fireworks on the main road in front of their society. At that time, a speeding car struck him,” said Nitin Phatangare, Senior Police Inspector at Ravet police station.
Phatangare added, “We have analysed technical evidence and we are very close to identifying and arresting the accused in this case.”
A case has been registered at Ravet police station under sections pertaining to culpable homicide not amounting to murder and relevant sections of the Motor Vehicle Act
Social media users have strongly reacted to the incident.
A user commented, “Unfortunately serves them right for putting vehicles in danger.”
Another user wrote, “Road is for cars, It was his fault doing that on road.”
Meanwhile, around 35 fire incidents were reported in Pune on Lakshmi puja day, according to PTI.
Most of the fire incidents were reported between 7 pm on November 1 and 7 am on November 2, Pune Municipal Corporation’s fire department said.
“The fire brigade recorded 35 incidents between Friday night and Saturday morning. Our vehicles are ready to deal with any eventuality. Fire tenders, fire engines, foam engines, rescue vans and other vehicles have been deployed round the clock,” PTI quoted an official from the fire brigade as saying.
The fire incidents were reported from Shivane, Laxmi Road, Tilak Road, Vadgaon Budruk, Chandannagar, Aundh, Kalyaninagar, Padmavati, Hadapsar, Bibwewadi and Kondhwa, among other localities.
Furthermore, Delhi Fire Services registered around 400 calls of fire incidents on November 1 on the occasion of Diwali, a day after the Fire Services received 320 calls. “The record has been broken on both days. On 31st October, we received around 320 fire calls, and on 1st November, we received around 400 calls. So this is a very big number,” ANI quoted Delhi Fire Services Director Atul Garg as saying. This marks the highest number of calls received within 24 hours.