Pune: An electric scooter rider , identified as 25-year-old Ninad Talekar of Dhankawdi, died after he lost control of his two-wheeler, which crashed into a streetlight near Katraj Chowk on Katraj-Kondhwa road on Tuesday, said the police. “Before the crash, the scooter hit a pedestrian, Piyush Dharamvir Singh, who fractured his hand,” a Bharati Vidyapeeth police officer said. Sub-inspector Mohan Deshmukh of the Bharati Vidyapeeth police told TOI, “Talekar was going towards Khadi Machine Chowk from Katraj for some work when the accident took place.
He was not wearing a helmet,” he said. “His scooter hit Singh at first. Then, he lost control of the vehicle and crashed into the streetlight,” he said.
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