Mercedes hits bike in pune, 1 dead, 1 injured
PUNE, May 4 -- A speeding Mercedes car collided with a motorcycle on the Wadgaon Bridge stretch of the Pune-Bengaluru highway early Saturday morning leaving the pillion rider dead and the rider injured.
According to police, the occupants in the four-wheeler, including the driver, were in an inebriated state at the time of the accident.
The accident occurred around 4:30 am, police said, adding the four occupants -- all postgraduate students at a prominent education institute in Pimpri-Chinchwad -- in the Mercedes were returning home at Nigdi.
The accused have been identified as Shubham Rajendra Bhosale, 27, who was driving; Vednat Indra Singh Rajput, 28; Shreyas Ramkrishna Solankhi, 25; and Nikhil Milind Ranawade, 26. Two of them, Bhosale and Ranawade were initially arrested, while the other two-who were injured-were taken into custody after receiving medical treatment.
The deceased has been identified as Kunal Manoj Hushar, 23, a resident of Chinchwad. The injured rider, Prajyot Dipak Pujari, 21, also from Chinchwad, is undergoing treatment.
"Of the four occupants in the car, three had consumed alcohol at a party they organised at the restaurant in Hinjewadi. After consuming alcohol, they went to Khed Shivapur on a drive. Later, while returning home at Nigdi, the driver lost control over the wheel," said Sambhaji Kadam, deputy commissioner of police....
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