Overview
- Three sewer workers were struck by a speeding tempo in Powai's Morarji Nagar early Saturday, and all were rushed to hospital in serious condition.
- Powai Police registered a case against an unidentified driver and launched a search to find him.
- The crew had been deployed for Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation sewer cleaning, and a preliminary probe points to speeding and loss of control.
- Officers detained the contractor who assigned the workers to question him about possible safety lapses at the site.
- In a separate case near Majiwada in Thane, police said a woman died after a tempo hit her and the driver fled, underscoring data that hit-and-runs made up 38% of Mumbai’s fatal crashes in 2023 with pedestrians accounting for 54% of victims.