Duo on way to their home killed after their bike crashes into parked tempo in Mumbai's Vile Parle

The two worked at a five-star hotel in Goregaon and were heading towards their home in Andheri from Bandra when the accident. Representational Pic/File

Two people on a bike were killed after their vehicle crashed into a parked tempo in Vile Parle area of western suburbs in Mumbai, police officials said Friday.

According to the police, the duo, travelling from Goregaon to their home on a motorcycle, crashed into a parked tempo near the Ram Nagar Subway on Western Express Highway (WEH), their bike collided with a tempo parked on the road.

IN PHOTOS: Andheri’s Gokhale Bridge prepares to reopen

23 hours agoPHOTO GALLERY

Both sustained severe injuries in the crash, an official said.

The Vile Parle Police, along with local residents, rushed them to Cooper Hospital for treatment. However, doctors declared both of them dead upon examination, he said.

The deceased were identified as Tushar Khandagale (25) and Chirag Nair (20), both residents of Andheri.

A police source stated that they worked at a five-star hotel in Goregaon and were heading towards their home in Andheri from Bandra when the accident took place at around 4:30 am.

"The incident occurred because the driver had parked the tempo on the road without using any indicator lights or warning signs to alert approaching vehicles that it was stationary."

We have registered a case under relevant sections of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS) 106(1) and 285, as well as Sections 132(1)(C), 119, and 117 of the Motor Vehicles Act," said a police officer. The accused has been identified as Arvind Kumar Yadav.

Further investigation is being carried out by Inspector Shabana Mulani under the supervision of the in-charge police inspector Rahul Sonawane of Vile Parle Police Station.