Meerut, Feb. 14 -- Mohit Kohli, an ultra-endurance cyclist and bikepacker, who hailed from Meerut, died in Chile after being run over by a vehicle on Wednesday morning. The 36-year-old embarked on a journey on January 22, in a bid to break the world record for the fastest bicycle crossing of South America, from Cartagen in Colombia to Ushuaia in Argentina - a distance of 10,000 km.

Son of a prominent businessman, the 36-year-old is survived by his parents and his younger brother, Mudit, who confirmed his death "somewhere in the middle of the desert in Chile." Mudit told HT, "Due to the severity of his injuries, he lost his life. The investigation team was requested to analyse and determine the dynamics and the underlying cause of this ac...