Overview

• An 18-year-old driver, Vyom Manish Poddar, was booked under sections 281 and 125(A) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita after his car rear-ended Sonam Babani’s Mercedes in the northbound Coastal Road tunnel.
• Sonam Babani, eight months pregnant, sustained injuries to her leg, face, head and back and was treated and discharged from Breach Candy Hospital.
• Police collected Poddar’s blood samples to check for intoxicants and issued him a summons under section 35(3) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita.
• In a separate incident near the Bandra-Worli Sea Link, 48-year-old Gurvinder Singh Kir surrendered after his speeding car struck and killed a female pedestrian, and he was charged under BNS 106(1) and Motor Vehicles Act provisions.
• These back-to-back crashes have intensified calls for tougher enforcement, speed controls and infrastructure upgrades to protect motorists and pedestrians on Mumbai’s key corridors.