A tragic collision of two motorcycles on Dahanu-Nashik road in Charoti has left three persons dead and two severely injured near Sarani area of Dahanu in the neighbouring Palghar district late evening today.
According to the Free Press Journal report, police said that two children, who were also on the two vehicles, have been severely injured and are undergoing treatment.
“The dead include a young married couple who were returning after celebrating Raksha Bandhan,” he said.
The police identified the dead as 28-year-old Swapnil Shingada, his wife 25-year-old Sharmila, both residents of Urse in Dahanu, and 28-year-old Mohan Guhe of Wadhna.
They also added that three-year-old Aarush Shingada and four-year-old Manavi Guhe suffered grievous injuries and had been shifted to Kasa rural hospital and Silvassa hospital respectively.
Previously on July 22, 34-year-old Jagruti Hogale was killed after her motorcycle hit a pothole on the national highway near Mumbai and was crushed by a truck. Hogale, the mother of an eight-year-old boy, was a member of the women-only bikers’ club, ‘The Bikerni’.
“Around 9 am at Palghar district 70 km from Mumbai, Hogale tried to overtake a truck. It was raining heavily and she apparently could not see a deep pothole in time. As she swerved to avoid it, she was thrown off her bike. She was crushed under the rear wheel of the truck she had overtaken. Her friends were just behind her on their bikes. By the time they caught up, she was dead,” the police reports said.
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