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- A Mercedes driver in Goa has been arrested after allegedly driving under the influence of alcohol and crashing into a motorcycle near Vasco da Gama, killing the rider and injuring the pillion passenger.
- The car dragged the motorcycle for over two kilometres before stopping outside Sancoale Church, where it caught fire and bystanders pulled the driver out.
- Vidhyadhar Prabhu, 32, was arrested by Vasco Police on Friday night and booked under Bharatiya Nyay Sanhita sections for rash driving, culpable homicide and endangering human life.
- The injured pillion rider, Sonu Kumar, 24, is undergoing treatment.
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- Condition of injured pillion rider Sonu Kumar during treatment
- Results of the driver's alcohol test and findings of the police investigation
- Whether further charges are added or bail is sought in the case
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Jose Fernandes
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“We brought him to a halt outside the Sancoale Church by which time the car was already aflame. With the help of another bystander, I opened the driver’s door and dragged him out. If not for us, he too would have perished in the car”
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…the driver of the Mercedes had to be dragged out of the flaming car, which caught fire after dragging the two-wheeler for a distance of two kilometres in Sancoale, on the outskirts of the port town of Vasco da Gama. “ We brought him to a halt outside the Sancoale Church by which time the car was already aflame. With the help of another bystander, I opened the driver’s door and dragged him out. If not for us, he too would have perished in the car ,” José Fernandes, an eyewitness, said. “He was so drunk he couldn’t even walk,” Fernandes added. Police have booked Prabhu under Sections 281 (rash driving), 105 (culpable homicide) and 125 (endangering human life) of…
“He was so drunk he couldn’t even walk”
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…by which time the car was already aflame. With the help of another bystander, I opened the driver’s door and dragged him out. If not for us, he too would have perished in the car,” José Fernandes, an eyewitness, said. “ He was so drunk he couldn’t even walk ,” Fernandes added. Police have booked Prabhu under Sections 281 (rash driving), 105 (culpable homicide) and 125 (endangering human life) of the Bharatiya Nyay Sanhita. The pillion rider, Sonu Kumar, 24, is undergoing…
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