73-year-old woman dies in Thane hit-and-run incident

Since her information was serious, the infirmary suggested she beryllium taken to JJ Hospital successful Mumbai. However, connected the mode to Mumbai, her information deteriorated and she was taken to Sion Hospital wherever she was declared dead.

Her assemblage was brought backmost to the Thane civilian infirmary wherever a nurse, who resided successful the adjacent gathering arsenic her, identified her and called up her family.

An FIR was registered with Navpada constabulary station. Senior inspector of the station, Abhay Mahajan, said that Agashe, a Thane resident, was returning aft purchasing beverage astir 7am erstwhile she was tally implicit by the speeding vehicle.

The unidentified operator has been booked connected charges of rash and negligent driving and culpable homicide not amounting to murder.

Mahajan said that constabulary are going done the CCTV footage from the spot to place the vehicle. “We should beryllium capable to place and way down the accused idiosyncratic soon,” helium added.

Agashe was a societal activistic and worked for 28 years with the Department of Atomic Energy wherever she received champion worker grant for 2008, the household said, adding her eyes were donated.