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20-Year-Old Motorcyclist Killed in Early-Morning Crash on MumbaiNashik Road as Container Driver Flees

Police registered a case after the container driver fled the scene.

Overview

  • Akash Chandra Pujari, 20, from Dahisar, died near the Kharegaon toll naka around 5:48 am on Thursday.
  • Officials said he lost control of his motorcycle and came under the rear tyres of a passing container.
  • He was declared dead at the spot, and his body was sent to Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Hospital in Kalwa for legal formalities.
  • Traffic on the busy corridor was disrupted for about an hour as rescue teams and traffic police cleared the vehicles.
  • The driver remains unidentified and absconding, with efforts under way to trace him following the FIR.