Three young men were killed in separate road accidents reported in Navi Mumbai and Raigad district, with police registering FIRs in all three cases for alleged rash driving, negligence, and hit-and-run offences.
The incidents occurred near Airoli railway station, Mahape, and along the Mumbai-Goa Highway in Pen.
Case 1:
A 22-year-old Umair Abdul Majid Khan, a resident of Kalwa, lost his life after a motorcycle allegedly being driven recklessly by his friend crashed into iron barricades near Airoli railway station.
According to Rabale MIDC police, the accident took place during the early hours of April 23 on the Belapur-to-Thane stretch near Airoli station, although the FIR was filed on May 19. Police said the motorcycle rider, identified as 20-year-old Faisal Nadim Sayyed, was speeding when he reportedly lost control of the vehicle and rammed into roadside barricades.
Umair, who was travelling as a pillion rider, suffered critical injuries and later died during treatment. Investigators stated that the motorcycle was allegedly being ridden in a rash and negligent manner at the time of the crash.
Case 2:
On Monday night, May 18, a 23-year-old Yuvarajsingh Shaitansingh Rajput from Rabale was killed in a suspected hit-and-run accident near Mahape.
Police said Rajput, who assisted in his family’s medical store business, was riding his scooter on the Shilphata-to-Mahape service road near the L&T Bridge and Dr Babasaheb Ambedkar Garden at around 11 pm when an unidentified vehicle allegedly struck his scooter from behind before fleeing the scene.
The victim sustained severe head injuries in the collision. Based on a complaint filed by his father, Turbhe police registered a case against the unidentified driver under relevant sections of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita and the Motor Vehicles Act for rash driving and causing death by negligence.
Case 3:
In the third incident, 25-year-old Siddhesh Kailas Koli died after his motorcycle collided with a stationary container truck allegedly parked carelessly on the Mumbai-Goa Highway in Pen.
Koli, a resident of Ramwadi in Pen taluka’s Samarth Nagar area, was returning home from work on his Honda Shine motorcycle when the accident occurred near the JSW Cement Plant at Irwadi Phata between 11.30 pm and 11.45 pm on Tuesday, May 19, police said.
He suffered serious head and facial injuries and was declared dead following the accident. Pen police have registered an FIR against the unidentified truck driver under sections related to negligent parking, causing death by negligence, and provisions of the Motor Vehicles Act.
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