Providential escape for MLC Vyas
   Date :12-Nov-2020

vehicle of MLC Girish Vya
 Innova Crysta vehicle of MLC Girish Vyas. (Right) MSRTC bus that hit the pick-up van.
 
 
Staff Reporter :
 
BJP MLC Girish Vyas had providential escape when a speeding MSRTC bus hit a pick-up van, which subsequently hit his Innova Crysta vehicle near Dongargaon toll plaza on Wardha road on Wednesday. “Nobody was hurt in the accident,” said Hingna police.
 
A police official of Hingna police station said that MLC Vyas had gone to Bela, Banwadi and other villages for some work in the afternoon. The accident occurred at 3.30 pm when Vyas’ vehicle was taking a U-turn on Wardha road near Dongargaon toll plaza. An MSRTC bus was heading towards Wardha. As per statement of MSRTC bus driver Suresh Pindor, the brakes of the bus failed near the toll plaza and the bus hit a pick-up van from behind which subsequently hit Vyas’ Innova Crysta vehicle.
 
The Innova vehicle sustained small scratches in the accident. MLC Vyas alerted police about the accident. Staff of Hingna police led by PSI Malhari Doifode rushed to the spot. “Nobody was injured in the accident. On the basis of a complaint given by Pick-up van driver Vijay Fulzele, a case under Sections 279 and 427 of the Indian Penal Code read with Section 184 of Motor Vehicle Act was registered against the bus driver,” PSI Doifode said.