India, Feb. 6 -- A 20-year-old motorcyclist was killed after his bike slipped under the rear wheel of a container truck on the Mumbai-Nashik Highway early Thursday morning, triggering massive traffic congestion that lasted for over an hour.

The deceased has been identified as Akash Chandra Pujari, 20, a resident of Dahisar in Mumbai. His body was trapped beneath the container, and rescue operations to retrieve it led to severe congestion on the busy arterial road.

According to the Thane Municipal Corporation (TMC) Disaster Management Cell, the accident occurred around 5:50 am near Kharegaon Bridge, close to the Kharegaon toll naka. Pujari was riding alone and was reportedly on his way to Trimbakeshwar Temple in Nashik for darshan. He ha...