Mumbai: Drunk driver crashes into 4 parked vehicles in Powai, held | Mumbai News – Times of India

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A school teacher was left in shock when she noticed her 14-month-old sedan badly damaged. Her car was parked close to her school in Powai on Thursday.

MUMBAI: A school teacher was left in shock when she noticed her 14-month-old sedan badly damaged. Her car was parked close to her school in Powai on Thursday.
The Ghatkopar resident, SB Kothari (48), noticed the damage when she left her workplace and was about to step into the car to head home at around 4pm.
From the locals, Kothari learned that the Powai police had arrested a tempo driver for rash and drunk driving after the LMV rammed into at least four four-wheelers, including her car parked at the end of the road near Silver Oak residential building in Powai.
Kothari purchased the car in November 2020 during the pandemic lockdown to travel to her workplace in Powai.
“The driver identified as Ramesh Vathore (36) was caught driving in an inebriated state when he rammed into the parked vehicles. Luckily, no one was injured or killed in the accident. He was caught by locals who called the police. He smelled drunk and underwent medical examination and the report showed him drunk over the permissible limit,” said a police officer of the Powai police station.
Kothari did not respond to TOI’s repeated calls. In the complaint, Kothari said, “I have been travelling daily in my car to the workplace. This is the first time such an incident has occurred. I park the car at around 7.45am and leave work by 4pm. On Thursday, when I returned to my car, I noticed the damage. I rushed to the police station and noticed three other car owners present in the police station whose vehicles were also damaged in the accident.”
Vathore has been booked under the Indian Penal Code sections 279 (rash driving), 336 (endanger human life or the personal safety of others), 427 (mischief and thereby causing loss or damage), and under the Motor Vehicle Act section 185 (driving by a drunken person).

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