Overview
- Asha Vijaykumar Patil, 73, died after being struck during her early-morning walk on Saturday near the NCL Asara temple on Pashan Road by the SPPU campus.
- The driver fled the scene, and Patil was taken to Sassoon General Hospital by a 108 ambulance where she was declared dead after sustaining multiple injuries.
- Police have registered an FIR at Chaturshringi police station based on a complaint by her son, citing BNS sections 106(2) and 281 and provisions of the Motor Vehicles Act.
- Officers report no CCTV coverage at the exact spot and are reviewing footage from nearby roads and institutions to trace the vehicle and identify the driver.
- Investigators say witness accounts point to a pickup van or Tempo, while the family notes she was a longtime morning walker and observed no tyre skid marks at the scene.