mumbai a freak accident on the eastern express highway claimed the life of mulund physician dr prakash vaze 67 managing trustee of vaze sports foundation on friday vaze was heading to thane on his blue scooter along with his assistant to buy trophies for an upcoming tournament when the accident took place near hari om junction in mulund around 2pm a plywoodladen tempo rammed into his scooter causing him and his assistant hanumant hegde 47 to fall on the road said navghar police the tempo then crushed vaze and ran over hegdes arms accident spot at mulundan acquaintance said hegde may need an amputation as one of the arms was badly crushed vaze was rushed to nearby veer savarkar hospital where he was declared dead on arrival his body was later sent to rajawadi hospital for postmortem dr prakash vazes scooterdr vaze was going to thane to buy trophies for a sports event to be held on december 10 his wife rohini had insisted that he take their car she even handed him the car keys but he insisted on going on his twowheeler said dr manisha pandav a family friend police arrested the tempo driver nilkant chavan and booked him under the relevant ipc sections for rash and negligent driving and causing death by negligence he has been remanded in police custody prima facie police have ruled out that he was driving drunksome eyewitnesses claimed that the doctor lost his balance while trying to dodge a pothole and came under the approaching tempo but police denied that it was a potholerelated death vaze was not wearing a helmet while riding the scooter his helmet was hanging on the mirror said senior inspector madhav more some locals claimed the stretch is uneven which caused the accident but police clarified that it is a concrete roadthe medical fraternity which was often brought together by the annual sporting events organized by dr vazes foundation was shocked with the news of his death pandav remembered vaze as an active and amicable person whose passion for sports inspired him to start chess kabaddi badminton cricket among other tournaments the annual cricket championship that he organized for doctors was a muchawaited event she added watch pothole claims another life mulund doctor run over by truck