Overview
- Rama Kapade, 53, a JSPM teacher, died after coming under a container truck around 7:30 am near Iskcon Chowk on Pune’s Katraj–Kondhwa Road.
- Police say there was no diversion for a chief minister’s visit and that the rider skidded under the truck; the arrested driver’s medical test showed no trace of alcohol.
- Local reports describe a roughly 30‑minute delay in reaching medical help due to heavy congestion, and the victim was declared dead on arrival at Bharati Hospital.
- The Katraj–Kondhwa stretch has been cited in local reporting as a high‑accident corridor with more than 55 crashes and about 25 deaths in four and a half years.
- In Madhya Pradesh, a truck hit a motorcycle near a government college in Narmadapuram, killing 68‑year‑old Kapiyabai and critically injuring her 10‑year‑old granddaughter, as relatives staged a five‑hour highway blockade before police took the driver and truck into custody.