A speeding SUV crashed head-on into a tempo truck full of chickens on Pune's Manjari Mudhwa Road on Wednesday night. The driver of th🌱e car, Saurabh Gaikwad, was reportedly drunk at the time of the incident.
Saurabh is the son of a former Corporator and a leader of Sharad Pawar's National Congress Paꦕrty, Bandu Gaikwad.
The entire incident was caught on the CCTV in the area. The footage shows a black car racing down the narrow street in high speed and moﷺving towards the tempo truck before slamming right into it.
With the force of th💛e hit, the car skids and turns around before stopping while the tempo truck also backs up in rev🌠erse after the hit.
As per the CCTV footage, following the crash, the two vehicles were seen being stationary at the spot for quite a whil🐠e.
According to NDTV, the driver and cleaner of the tempo truck were injured in the crash and rushed🎐 to a nearby hospital by the locals. Meanwhile, a case has been registered against Saurabh Gaikwad in this regard.
The incident comes days after the son of a Shiv Sena (Shinde) leader, Mihir Shah, fatally knocked down a woman with his BMW car in Mumbai'꧋s Worli ar🍎ea.
Shah was recently sent to a 14-day judicial custody in connection with the case. Earlier, Mihir Shah and his family driver -- Rishiraj Bi🐼dawat -- had confessed to their roles in the crime. Bidawat had also been sent to a 14-day judicial custody.
Before this, the Pune Porsche crash had also hit the headlines in the nation in May, with a 17-yea🎃r-old drunk boy rammed his Porsche Taycan into t♏wo motorbike-borne techies, resulting in their death.
