Panvel: Trailer hits bike, crushes rider's head

Pune | Monday | 10th September, 2018

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NAVI MUMBAI: A trailer rammed into a couple's bike near Panvel , and after the woman, who was riding pillion, got thrown off, it ran over her and crushed her head. The driver of the unidentified vehicle has been booked for rash and negligent driving causing death." The registration numbers of all heavy motor vehicles seen in the footage at the time of the accident have been noted down and drivers will be inquired. "Ramdas, who sustained severe bruises to his limbs, told the police that after the container rammed into their bike, the two-wheeler skid on the highway.Kamble said, "We have failed to identify the trailer or its driver from the footage of a CCTV camera installed at the junction, about 200m away from the spot. The incident took place on the old Mumbai-Pune highway at Haal village, which is about 35km from Panvel, at 9.30am when Ramdas Hadap (60) and his wife, Usha, were on their way to their village.Head constable Nilesh Kamble said, " The couple from Khopoli was going to their native village Navande along the Karjat road in Khalapur taluka to start preparation for Ganeshtosav..