One killed, two injured after car dashes two-wheeler in Mumbai; driver held

Mumbai, Sep 8 (PTI) A 20-year-old man was killed and two others were injured when a car dashed their scooter on a bridge in central Mumbai on Sunday, police said.

The accident occurred in the Currey Road area in the afternoon, an official from NM Joshi Marg police station said.

The victims were travelling on a scooter when a car dashed the vehicle. Passersby and police rushed the trio to a hospital, where one of them died during treatment, he said.

The deceased, Ayush Kailash Singh, was travelling with his colleagues Shivam Kamlesh Singh (22) and Vishal Prembahadur Singh (21), who sustained serious injuries, the official said.

The car driver, Manish Singh, has been arrested under relevant sections of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS) Act, and further investigation is underway, officials added.