Mumbai: A day after his birthday, a 19-year-old youth who was allegedly speeding on a bike with an 18-year-old female pillion rider on Marine Drive early Monday knocked down a 66-year-old morning walker crossing the road, who got flung into the air on impact.
All three died in the accident that occurred around 5.40am at the Parsi Gymkhana junction signal on N S Road. The senior citizen’s body was found more than 100 feet from the accident site. The female victim fell around 30 ft away and was found under a parked car while the biker’s body was discovered near a parked two-wheeler.The biker has been identified as Mulund resident Krishna Desai, the pillion rider as Muskan Shaikh from Geeta Nagar in Cuffe Parade, and the elderly pedestrian, Kishore Lamane, was a Girgaum resident.Police said the bike was headed towards the northbound lane of NS Road when tragedy struck. With the assistance of a bystander, all three were taken to G T Hospital where they were declared dead on arrival. Lamane, a retired accountant from a private company in Fort, had left home as usual for his morning walk on Monday. He resided in Girgaum with his wife while his son stayed at Mira Road.Krishna’s father, Uday Desai, who is into a shipping and logistics business, told TOI he was home when some Mulund police personnel arrived and informed him about the accident.
He was given the number of a Marine Drive police officer. “Sunday was my son’s birthday. He left home in the evening. I had a WhatsApp video call with him at 11.30 pm and asked him where he was. He said he was in Mulund and would refill fuel in his bike. So I sent him Rs 200 through GPay for petrol. I asked him to come early since I, along with a business associate, was to leave for Andheri in the morning,” said Uday. He said Krishna had passed Class 10 and he had bought his son the bike on April 5.
“We don’t know how the accident took place. Krishna was interested in YouTube and blogs. He went to Marine Drive without informing me. I had told my neighbours to make space for my son to park his bike,” said Uday. “He had a driving licence,” said a police officer.Shaikh’s father, Imam Ali, a taxi driver by profession, his friend and some relatives arrived at GT Hospital on learning of the tragedy. “Muskan was the eldest in the family and had a younger brother and a sister.
She passed Class 10 and began working at a private company recently,” said a relative.Shaikh’s aunt, Muskan Khan, said they resided in the same locality in Geeta Nagar. “She came home around 4.30 am and asked my daughter to accompany her for a ride; She was carrying the keys of her father’s scooter. My daughter said she didn’t want to go, so Shaikh left. Later, I called out to her as I myself wanted to go with her. However, by then, she had gone.
Now, I am feeling sad. Had I gone with her, this might not have happened,” her grieving aunt said.Shaikh’s father said when his daughter did not return home till 11am, they began looking for her. Her phone was switched off. A friend of his said they went to Marine Drive police station where the cops informed them about an accident in which a woman was also taken to GT Hospital. While the police found her damaged phone from the spot, her family has been unable to locate the scooter. Marine Drive police was in the process of registering an FIR against Krishna for causing death by negligence, rash driving or riding on a public way, mischief under the BNS Act and dangerous driving under the Motor Vehicle Act. “We are recording statements of the concerned people and trying to find more information in the case. We still don’t know where the two were headed on the bike,” said a police officer.
