Overview
- The crash occurred on June 28 when a scooter struck a pothole on the Jambhale river bridge near Jambhale village and the 50-year-old pillion rider, Aruna Arun Kulkarni, was thrown from the vehicle.
- Her 25-year-old son, Pratik Kulkarni, who was riding the scooter, applied the brakes but the vehicle hit the crater and he rushed his mother to the Sub-District Hospital in Badlapur East where doctors declared her dead.
- Thane police have treated the case as an accidental death, registered an FIR-style record of the incident, and sent the body for a postmortem at the local hospital.
- Coverage to date comes from PTI agency dispatches republished by News18 and Mid-day, and no independent follow-up reporting or additional investigative findings have been released.
- The death underscores the safety risks posed by potholes on bridges and may prompt local authorities to inspect the Jambhale bridge and review road maintenance practices in the area.