The Belapur police have booked a trailer driver after a motorbike rider, Gaurav Sopan Shinde, died in an accident along the Belapur-Uran highway on Monday night. Shinde was traveling to his home in Kamothe from Uran when he was struck by a trailer while crossing the flyover near Apollo Hospital in Belapur.
Shinde sustained severe injuries to his chest, stomach, and head. According to the police, the incident occurred around 11:15 PM on May 20 when Shinde was riding towards Uran Phata. "After crossing the flyover opposite the NMMC headquarters and approaching another flyover over the railway track, a trailer coming from behind hit him," said a police official from Belapur police station. Shinde was taken to the hospital but succumbed to his injuries.
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The trailer driver, identified as Lokappa Appa Khandekar, 41, was detained by the police and later released after being issued a notice under Section 41(1)A of the CRPC. However, a case has been registered against the driver for negligence causing death.