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Who was Riddhi Thakkar, Mumbai biker who died in Chhattisgarh accident at 24?
A Mumbai-based biker was killed on Wednesday morning after her motorcycle was hit by an unidentified heavy vehicle in Chhattisgarh’s Balod district, police said
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A Mumbai-based biker was killed on Wednesday morning after her motorcycle was hit by an unidentified heavy vehicle in Chhattisgarh’s Balod district, police said. The victim was identified as Riddhi Thakkar. Thakkar was part of a 23-member biking group that was travelling to the Bastar region. She was 24 at the time of her death.
The accident took place around 6 am at Markatola Ghat under Purur police station limits on National Highway 30, roughly 100 km from state capital Raipur.
(Also read: Mumbai biker Riddhi Thakkar, 24, killed after motorcycle hit by heavy vehicle in Chhattisgarh)
Who was Riddhi Thakkar?
Riddhi Thakkar was a biker from Mumbai. She was a resident of Kandivali West.
At the time of her accident, she was riding from Mumbai to Raipur via Nagpur. Thakkar was part of a 23-member biking group that was travelling from Mumbai to Bastar.
She lost her life on August 12 after colliding with a heavy vehicle. She was riding a Bajaj Avenger at the time of the accident.
Thakkar was rushed to a health centre in Charama for treatment after the crash. After her condition worsened, she was transferred to a private hospital in Dhamtari. Doctors there examined her and confirmed that she had succumbed to her injuries.
Riddhi Thakkar maintained an active presence on social media – she had over 18,000 followers on Instagram where she posted under the handle @gearglimpse54. She had shared an Instagram post hours before her death.
Thakkar also posted videos of her rides on YouTube.
Her YouTube bio described her as a “passionate biker” who was carving her own path “in a world where the throttle doesn’t care about gender.”
On Instagram, she also described herself as a “makeup artist”.
