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Three 19-Year-Olds Injured in Alleged Mumbai Freeway Stunt Crash
Three young men were riding a motorcycle on the Mumbai Freeway.
Police say the motorcycle was moving very fast and weaving between lanes.
They also allege that the riders were performing stunts.
The motorcycle hit one car from behind near the Panjarpol Tunnel.
It then crashed into another car.
All three riders fell onto the road and were seriously hurt.
Other drivers helped take them to a hospital.
Police later identified the riders and registered a case against the motorcycle rider.
Three 19-year-old youths were seriously injured when their KTM motorcycle crashed near Mumbai’s Panjarpol Tunnel on September 4.
Police allege the motorcycle was traveling at high speed in a zigzag manner while the riders were performing stunts.
The motorcycle struck an Ola-Uber driver’s Maruti Suzuki Swift Dzire before crashing into a Baleno.
The three injured riders were taken to Shatabdi Hospital and later transferred to Sion Hospital.
Police registered a case against the motorcycle rider under relevant provisions of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita and the Motor Vehicles Act.
- Who
- Three 19-year-olds—Faiz alias Ayan Shabir Sheikh, Rohit Raju Pardeshi, and Ayan Nadeem Shaikh—were injured; police registered a case against Sheikh.
- What
- A KTM motorcycle allegedly traveling at high speed and in a zigzag manner crashed into two cars, seriously injuring its three riders.
- Where
- The Mumbai Freeway near the skywalk before the Panjarpol Tunnel.
- When
- September 4, at about 7:50 p.m.
- Why
- Police allege the motorcycle was being ridden rashly, with two pillion riders, while performing stunts on a freeway where two-wheelers are prohibited.
Key facts
- Injured
- Three 19-year-old motorcycle riders
- Motorcycle
- KTM, registration MH-03-FB-2979
- Collision time
- Approximately 7:50 p.m.
- Location
- Mumbai Freeway near Panjarpol Tunnel
- Vehicles hit
- A Maruti Suzuki Swift Dzire and a Baleno
- Hospitals
- Shatabdi Hospital, followed by Sion Hospital
- Legal action
- A case was registered against the rider under the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita and the Motor Vehicles Act
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