NEW DELHI: A 23-year-old biker, Akshat Singh, died after being hit by an unidentified vehicle in a hit-and-run incident in Mumbai’s Borivali area on May 4, police said on Tuesday.
The accident occurred while Singh was returning home to Mira Road via the Western Express Highway. The vehicle that struck him fled the spot without stopping to help.
Kasturba Marg police said a case has been registered under sections 106 (culpable homicide not amounting to murder) and 281 (rash driving) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS), along with sections 134(A) and 134(B) of the Motor Vehicles Act, which deal with failing to report and assist in an accident.
Police said efforts are on to trace the vehicle and the driver.
Earlier in the day, several people were feared injured after a bus overturned near Karnala on the Mumbai-Goa highway in Raigad district.
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