The incident took place at Mahavir Chowk in Chinchwad on Saturday evening. However, a traffic constable Vinayak Kokane, who was manning the junction, with the help of some members of the public overpowered him and rushed him to the hospital thereby averting a fatal tragedy.

Police said that driver Navnath Bansode while pouring the diesel on his body consumed a bit of the fuel and hence taken to the hospital for medical treatment.