Mumbai residents mourn death of ‘simple, gentlemanly’ Sion doctor killed in highway crash

A 10-minute walk from Dr Mane’s Mumbai residence is his Shubhangi pathology lab, which was deserted on Monday

The sudden deaths of three members of a family known for being “down-to-earth” has saddened the residents of Sion-Chunabhatti’s Baba Tower.

Yashwant Mane, 55; (pictured) his wife Sharda, 46; his son Rushikesh , 20 and their car driver Krushna Surve, 65, were killed on the spot after the car in which they were travelling hit a truck on the Pune-Satara Highway near Jambhulwadi around 4 am on Monday (HT)

Yashwant Mane, 55; his wife Sharda, 46; his son Rushikesh , 20 and their car driver Krushna Surve, 65, were killed on the spot after the car in which they were travelling hit a truck on the Pune-Satara Highway near Jambhulwadi around 4 am on Monday. The family went to Satara to drop off their daughter who studies there. The accident occurred as they were returning.

The Manes had been living in Sion for long. “Dr Yashwant Mane was a helpful man. You could call him in the middle of night and he would be willing to get to work,” said Dr Ujwal Rane, who lives in the same building and has known the family for the past two decades. “He was a gentleman,” he said.

“The news has come as a shock,” said neighbour Vikas Satpute.

A 10-minute walk from Dr Mane’s residence is his Shubhangi pathology lab, which was deserted on Monday. “The last time we saw him was Saturday. We cannot imagine how his daughter must be feeling. Her entire family has been wiped out,” said A Kapil, who works at a neighbouring medical shop.