Auto driver, pillion rider die in two accidents in Mumbai

Two people died in two separate accidents at Malad and Goregaon on Monday morning.

Two people died in two separate accidents at Malad and Goregaon on Monday morning.

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Around 6.30am, Nipa Shah, 40, a businesswoman, was riding a two-wheeler with her friend Manju Borat, 40, riding pillion, near the MG Road-Link Road junction in Goregaon (West), when a speeding tempo coming from the opposite side collided with their bike. The women fell into a pit at a construction site. The tempo also crashed into the pit and the two women were stuck underneath it. While Shah was pulled out of the pit by by-standers, Borat could not be rescued and was declared dead on admission at a nearby hospital. The tempo driver, Dhiraj Kumar Yadav, 27, has been arrested.

Around 10.15am a rickshaw driver, Rajendra Prasad Yadav, 45, was taking a u-turn on the road behind Inorbit Mall in Malad (West), when an SUV coming from the opposite side collided into his vehicle. He was rushed to a hospital, where he died during treatment, following which the driver of the SUV, Priya Sinha, 34, was arrested.