Girl riding triple-seat killed in accident

PUNE: A budding poetess Apoorva Malthankar (16) travelling triple seat lost her life after she fell off from a speeding motorcycle at Nasrapur on Pune-Satara highway on Friday afternoon.
The motorcyclist Sujit Dalvi (19) and pillion Pradnya Shelar escaped with minor injuries. Apoorva is a student of standard XI of Marathwada Mitra Mandal College of Commerce (MMCC).
On November 18, Apoorva and eight students left for a trip to Baneshwar on four motorcycles after college hours.
The students visited the famous Baneshwar temple for seeking blessing and also paid a visit to a water falls. The trio left triple seat on the pulsar motorcycle (MH45/R2372) for Pune.
Rajgad police said Dalvi was allegedly driving recklessly in full speed. He suddenly applied the front brake as a speeding truck was heading to Pune.
The trio fell off from the vehicle after it skidded near Kumbharkhan lawns at Nasrapur village on Velha-Cheladi road on the busy highway at 4.30 pm.
The impact of the incident was such that Apoorva received severe head injuries and vomited blood. She was first rushed to a nearby private hospital and was later shifted to another hospital at Katraj, but she was proclaimed dead by the doctors on arrival.
Apoorva's father rushed to the hospital after receiving information about the incident.
Speaking to TOI, the victims father Keshav Malthankar said, "The students had organised the trip without seeking permission from the college. Apoorva did not inform me nor her mother about the trip".
Malthankar said, "My daughter was a budding poetess. She was soft spoken and easy going girl. She was fond of studies and had plans to make a carrier in interior decoration".
Malthankar who works in a jewellery shop has appealed to parents to strictly monitor activities of children going to colleges and collect information of what their friends were doing so that they do not take individual decisions like organising trip without consulting them.
"It is only the parents who can feel pain of losing their child. The parents should take a note of my appeal to avoid repetition of similar incidents in future", Malthankar added.
The victims elder brother Akshay said, "We have received a big loss because of Apoorva's untimely death. Apoorva had plans to obtain higher education abroad after obtaining a degree in commerce. She had won prizes in poem writing at school and college levels".
Akshay said, "My sister was very dear to my mother who received a mild heart attack after she came to know that her sweet heart was no more".
Apoorva's friends Vrushali Jagtap, Yogita Divekar, Meenakshi Pardeshi and Prajakta Mate who visited her Sadashiv peth residence for paying condolence said their beloved friend was good in interaction and communication and was fond of mehndi designing, rangoli and dance since her childhood.
The victims post-mortem was performed at the Sassoon general hospital. Her last rites were performed at Vaikunth crematorium on Saturday at 11 am.
Investigating officer Ramesh Dhokle said the motorcyclist Sujit Dalvi (19) was arrested for reckless driving under sections 304 (a), 279, 337 and 427 of the Indian Penal Code and 184, 128 and 177 of the Motor Vehicle Act. A magisterial court in Pune on Saturday has released Dalvi on bail.