2 minutes of readingPuneFebruary 8, 2026 11:05 pm IST
A cement mixing truck traveling at high speed on a road prohibited for heavy vehicles hit a two-wheeler head-on, killing its driver and injuring the passenger, in Chikhali on Friday morning.
Police identified the deceased driver of the two-wheeler as Vaishnavi Sujit Dighe (22). Police said Vaishnavi was returning home on a two-wheeler with her relative Seema Bajrang Dhamale (30). While passing through Diamond Chowk in Kudalwadi area of Chikhali, a concrete mixer truck collided with the two-wheeler from the front, around 11 am on Friday.
The impact was so severe that Vaishnavi and Seema collapsed on the road and were run over by the truck. Vaishnavi died in the incident, while Seema was injured and admitted to a hospital for treatment, police said.
Seema’s relative Amol Thosar (36), a resident of Somatne, filed the first information report (FIR) at Chikhali police station in Pimpri Chinchwad.
Police arrested truck driver BP Jadhav (41) from Charholi under Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS) sections 281 (rash driving), 105 (culpable homicide not amounting to murder), 125(b), 125(a), 324(4) and sections of the Motor Vehicles Act.
A press release issued on Sunday states that the accused was driving the truck on a road prohibited for heavy vehicles. “The accused was arrested. Blood samples were taken from him to find out if he was drunk when the incident took place. Further investigation is underway,” said deputy sub-inspector Madhukar Pansare, investigation officer of this case.