India, Feb. 14 -- A 36-year-old ultra-endurance cyclist and bikepacker from India died in Chile after being run over by a vehicle on Wednesday morning, according to media reports. Mohit Kohli, who was born in Meerut and raised in Delhi, had embarked on a journey across South America on January 22 to break the world record for the fastest bicycle crossing of South America, from Cartagena in Columbia to Ushuaia in Argentina - a distance of 10,000km.

Son of a prominent businessman, Kohli is survived by his parents and a younger brother, Mudit, who confirmed his death "somewhere in the middle of the desert in Chile."

"Due to the severity of his injuries, he lost his life. The investigation team was requested to analyse and determine the dyn...