Techie dead, friend injured in accident

Pune: A 27-year-old software engineer was killed and his friend suffered injuries after their motorcycle was hit by a vehicle on the flyover in Bavdhan on Katraj-Dehu Road bypass around 8pm on Saturday.

The Hinjewadi police identified the techie as Sagar Patil. His friend, Ajay Jadhav, is undergoing treatment at a private hospital. Patil was wearing a helmet, but it was completely broken in the accident impact. He succumbed to head injuries, an officer from the Hinjewadi police said. .

The victim’s friend, Jadhav, told TOI, “Patil was on his way to Sangli to meet his parents. He was going to drop Jadhav, a native of Satara district, on the way.”

He said, “We do not know how the accident occurred. But Patil’s motorcycle was damaged at the rear. We suspect that some vehicle must have hit it, because of which Patil might have lost control over the vehicle and the motorcycle crashed into the wall of the flyover,” he said.