21-year-old woman dies in road accident in Worli

21-year-old woman dies in scooter accident in Mumbai on Tuesday. The scooter skidded and she came under a dumper. Driver of the dumper has been arrested.

MUMBAI: A 21-year-old woman died on Tuesday in an accident on Pandurang Budhkar Marg in Worli after her scooter skidded and she came under a dumper. The police said the girl was on her way to buy cake in Worli with a friend when the accident took place.

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According to the police, the incident took place on Tuesday morning around 10 am at Pandurang Budhkar Marg near Wadia International Center.

The girl identified as Aarti Santosh Kharat, 21, a resident of Worli, was riding pillion and her friend Ayush Alhad, 18, was driving the scooter. After the two-wheeler skidded, Alhad fell on the left and the girl on the right and came under the wheel of a dumper.

“The dumper was coming from the opposite direction as it came suddenly, Alhad lost control over the vehicle and Kharat came under the dumper’s tyre,” said a police officer from N M Joshi Marg police station.

“She was rushed to a nearby hospital where she was declared dead. She was a student of T Y B Com. We have arrested the driver of the dumper Shankar Vishwakarma, 38,” said a police officer.