Motoroids has been following up on the recent tragedy that took place on the Eastern Freeway in Mumbai. Now we have pieced together more of this puzzle and the updates bring to light the chain of undoubtedly irresponsible acts of Janhavi Gadkar. The 35-year-old corporate lawyer completed LLB from Churchgate’s Government Law College in 2002 and went to the UK to finish her LLM in 2004.
Note: If you haven’t read our earlier posts regarding the same, read those before proceeding.
10 June 2015 – Two People Perish As Drunk Lawyer Crashes Her Audi Q3 Into A Taxi In Mumbai
11 June 2015 – Drunken Lawyer Eastern Freeway Crash: The Full Story
A few days before her catastrophic crash on the Eastern Freeway, Gadkar knocked down a couple of BARC security guards riding a motorcycle in Govandi. Though that time around, no one was gravely hurt and were treated at a hospital. This woman should have learnt her lesson on driving right there. Unfortunately, that didn’t happen. According to the Motor Vehicle Act, maximum allowable blood-alcohol level is 0.003 percent per 100 ml of blood. At the time of analysis, Gadkar’s blood samples contained 120 mg of alcohol per 100 ml of blood, four times the legal limit. The forensic lab confirmed that it will take a few more days before the whole report is ready. It seems after her stint at Hotel Marine Plaza, which earlier was considered the only place she drank at, Police reports suggest that Gadkar later visited The Irish House Pub in Fort, South Mumbai.
Police have recovered the CCTV footage of her entering the pub. It is not known if she had a few more pegs there, but there’s no denying the possibility. She told police that her halt at Marine Drive for two hours was her attempt to sober up and that she was alone during this period. However, Gadkar’s statements to the police seem to clash against logic and common sense. She told the police that she left her friends at midnight and then continued on her way back home. This begs the question – how can one be alone and be with one’s pals at the same time? Something’s not quite right here. Her esteemed colleagues didn’t object to Gadkar’s decision of driving back to Chembur in such an intoxicated condition either.
Surprisingly, as it turns out (and as opposed to the previous reports), after having driven from Marine Drive, the 35-year-old reached Wadi Bunder and entered the Eastern Freeway and was for now, driving on the correct side. Though once she got to the Panjarpol circle on the Sion-Panvel highway, she allegedly lost her sense of direction, and wound up on the portion of the Freeway that heads south. Gadkar drove on for a while before realising her navigational goof up. The sloshed lawyer then executed a U-turn right where she was. Now driving northbound on the side of the road that goes south, Gadkar was oblivious to any hazards. A couple of kilometres later, and at high speed, Gadkar’s Audi Q3 smashed into the taxi and its unsuspecting occupants. Police say that Gadkar was too drunk to realise that she was driving on the wrong side of the Freeway. Janhavi Gadkar is currently remanded in custody, where she is to remain till 26 June 2015.
We will keep you posted on any updates on this matter. Till then, drive safe and don’t drive a vehicle under the influence of alcohol.
My friends car got into a minor accident and the roadside public turned hooligans and broke the mirrors and everything after noticing there were three guys in the car even when it wasnt our fault and the guy jumped infront of the far and was barely scratched and walked it off.. the lady kills two people and the roadside public took her to the hospital.. crazy public we have in India..
Unfortunately, in our part of the world people don’t even bother to turn an eye towards road safety unless there are incidents like these which are covered well by the media and bring to fore the inherent dangers of irresponsible driving. We are just trying to put in out bit to ensure that the horrors of drunken driving are evident to the maximum number of people. If we could stop even a single tippler from getting behind the wheel by showing the horrors of mixing drinking and driving, we would have succeeded in our endeavour.
While the accident was truly horrific and the one responsible should get punished what she has done. But I think you are giving it too much priority please don’ t become one of those media platforms who start there own courts and pass judgment without even knowing about people. The work of media is to keep us informed and spread awareness against drunk driving and road safety that you have done, but please refrain from going into personal life of anyone and passing judgment on them. However unfortunate it was it was a freak accident and could have taken place with any of us, while she might have broken rules in whole different levels but non of us follows all the rules. So she should be punished for what she has done but its not our work to pass judgment on anyone let the law take its course. We are a automotive sight please don’t turn it into India TV or a gossip magazine.
Unfortunately, in our part of the world people don’t even bother to turn an eye towards road safety unless there are incidents like these which are covered well by the media and bring to fore the inherent dangers of irresponsible driving. We are just trying to put in out bit to ensure that the horrors of drunken driving are evident to the maximum number of people. If we could stop even a single tippler from getting behind the wheel by showing the horrors of mixing drinking and driving, we would have succeeded in our endeavour.
While this is one accident everyone should learn from, why can’t you guys treat this with a bit lower priority?