India, Sept. 28 -- In a tragic repeat of a July mishap, a biker accidentally rode into the creek at Dhruvatara Jetty in Belapur early Saturday morning. The 23-year-old biker drowned, but rescue officials managed to save the pillion rider.

The deceased, Atharva Shelke, lived with his sister in Panvel. The pillion rider, Shreyas Ashok Jhong, 23, is an Information Technology professional from Airoli.

On Friday, Shelke and Jhong stayed with a friend overnight in Belapur. On their return journey to Panvel via Ulwe Road on Saturday morning, around 5.30 am, they missed the flyover and drove onto the closed jetty road, said senior police inspector Arun Pawar.

"There are warning signboards, yet the biker sped through, went straight, and fell in...