Overview

• Ambubai Sonawane, a 53-year-old junior film artist, died on August 5 after a high-speed left-side overtake in Goregaon led to a collision with a wrong-way rider.
• Police charged 29-year-old Shubham Ghatwal under Section 184 of the Motor Vehicles Act and Sections 106(1) and 281 of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita for dangerous, rash and negligent driving in the Goregaon crash.
• On August 7 near Amar Mahal Junction in Chembur, 40-year-old Mohammed Hanif Amir Shaikh was killed when another motorcyclist rear-ended his bike en route to Thane.
• The second rider, 41-year-old Sohail Raffiq Khan, suffered a leg fracture and faces reckless and negligent driving charges as investigators probe the Chembur collision.
• Both incidents underscore the risks of reckless two-wheeler maneuvers on Mumbai’s roads and have renewed calls for stricter enforcement of traffic safety laws.