PUNE: Amit Khirid, a 33-year-old electronics engineer, died of head injuries after he lost control of his scooter and crashed into an iron barricade on Katraj-Dehu Road bypass in Vadgaon Khurd on Friday night.Khirid was not wearing a helmet at the time of the accident . The headgear was kept in the scooter’s boot Khirid, an employee of Thermax, was on his way home from Warje Malwadi, when the accident occurred. It is believed that a speeding vehicle overtook him at a high speed, causing him to lose control. His brother Rohit (35) has registered an FIR against the driver of the vehicle.“Khirid hit his head on the sharp end of a damaged iron median. The impact killed him instantly. We were informed of the accident by passers-by and rushed to the spot,” assistant inspector Shekhar Shinde of the Sinhagad police said, adding, “He would have lived if he had worn a helmet and if the barricades had been in a better condition.”“My brother would usually come home by 8.30pm. When he didn’t, on Friday night, we called him and he told us he would be late,” Rohit told TOI. “My brother would have survived had he worn a helmet,” he added.“We came to know about Khirid’s tragic death after his brother received a phone call from the police,” Rohan Pawar, a neighbour, said.Khirid’s last rites were performed at Vaikunth crematorium on Saturday.A Thermax company’s spokesperson said Khirid had worked as a site engineer in their Water and Waste Solutions division for the past two years.

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