Drunk driver kills one, injures five cops in Mumbai
By IANSFriday, January 29, 2010
MUMBAI - One man was killed and five policemen were injured when a 27-year-old drunk woman driver rammed into their vehicles early Saturday, police said.
The accident occurred just before 1 a.m. when Nuriya Yusuf Ahluwalia was speeding along the Marine Lines, an official of L.T. Marg police station said, adding that a medical examination showed the driver was under the influence of liquor.
She apparently lost control of her Honda CRV and rammed into a stationary traffic police Qualis and two other vehicles - a motorcycle and a taxi.
The motorcyclist, Afzal Mukhmojiya, 35, was taken to Saifee Hospital by police but was declared dead on arrival.
The five policemen injured are undergoing treatment at Bombay Hospital and Gokuldas Tejpal Hospital. They have been identified as Lala Shinde, Dinanath Shinde, Shilendra Jadhav, Ashok Shinde and Arjun Gaekwad.
Ahluwalia has been arrested.
