Trailer kills traffic brigade employee

Surat: A traffic brigade (TRB) personnel was killed in a road accident on Variav-Chhaprabhatha Road on Wednesday morning. The victim, 20-year-old Priti Chaudhary, was on her way to join the morning shift when a speeding trailer mowed her down.
Police said that the accused driver, Sandeep Bind, was speeding due to which he lost control over the vehicle and knocked down Chaudhary.
The trailer’s rear wheel ran over Chaudhary due to which she was killed on the spot. Fearing mob fury, Bind fled from the spot after the accident. However, later he surrendered at Jahangirpura police station.
“The accused driver was going to Hazira from Kosamba to unload an empty container, but he was driving at a high speed which caused the accident. He has admitted to the crime and we have arrested him for causing death due to negligence and rash driving,” said a police official.
Chaudhary, a traffic brigade personnel, was the sole earning member of her family. Her father Pravin had passed away seven years ago and she was taking care of her ailing mother and a younger sister. “The victim’s relative told us that after her father’s death, her maternal uncle used to help the family, but he too passed away, so she started working in the traffic brigade after completing class 12,” the police official said.