Delivery Agent Dies After Being Hit by Speeding Audi in Pune, Driver Arrested

Pune: A food delivery executive riding a two-wheeler lost his life in a tragic hit-and-run incident involving a luxury car in the Mundhwa area of Pune at around 2 am today.

 The driver of the luxury vehicle fled the scene immediately after the accident but was later apprehended by the police.

Ayush Tayal (34), who was driving the car, fled from the spot after the accident near Tadigutta in the city’s Mundhwa area. Later, he was detained after police tracked him down with the help of CCTV footage, officials said.

Police said that alleged driver was drunk who first hit a two-wheeler, injuring three people, adding that he then hit the victim's motorcycle 

The food delivery person has been identified as Rauf Akbar Shaikh.

“The car driven by Tayal crashed into Shaikh’s bike. The accused fled the scene but was later detained after police used footage of CCTV cameras to identify the car and then track him down with its details,” said Additional Commissioner of Police Manoj Pail.

Tayal is a senior executive at a firm in Ranjangaon MIDC and he has been sent for a medical examination to ascertain if he was intoxicated at the time of the accident, the official said.

A case has been registered against Tayal under the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita and Motor Vehicles Act, he added. 

Moreover, on May 19 this year, a 17-year-old juvenile was driving a luxury car that crashed a bike killing two young riders in pune's Kalyaninagar, which caused massive outrage across the country.