Bandra woman killed after motorcycle hits pothole
24 July 2017 5:55 PM GMT
A 36-year-old biker was killed when she was thrown off her two-wheeler after hitting a pothole on a road near Mumbai and was crushed by a passing truck.
Bandra-resident Jagruti Hogale, a member of the all-women 'Bikerni' motorcycle club, was on a trip with two other bikers to Jawhar in Palghar district yesterday when the incident occurred, a police official said.
The advertising professional tried to overtake a truck on the Jawhar-Dahanu road around 9 am but her bike landed in a pothole, throwing her off. She was then crushed under the wheels of the truck, the official said, quoting an eye witness. Hogale was rushed to a hospital where she was declared dead before admission, Kasa police station's assistant police inspector Jaiprakash Guthe said.
The biker had earlier driven up to Khardung La in Ladakh, one of the highest motorable roads in the world, the police official said. An accidental death report has been registered and the truck driver has been arrested. Agencies
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