Published By: Pragati Pal
Last Updated: August 22, 2023, 11:31 IST
The woman received severe injuries and was rushed to a local hospital where doctors declared her brought dead.
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The incident took place on Sunday morning when Pratima Yadav, from Kandivali in neighbouring Mumbai, was returning with her husband after visiting a temple in the Vasai area
A 27-year-old woman riding pillion on a motorbike died after her ‘dupatta’ (stole) got entangled in the wheel of the two-wheeler in Maharashtra’s Palghar district, police said on Tuesday.
The incident took place on Sunday morning when Pratima Yadav, from Kandivali in neighbouring Mumbai, was returning with her husband after visiting a temple in the Vasai area, an official from Naigaon police station said.
Her stole got entangled in the motorbike wheel near Bapane village on a highway. She got strangulated and fell down from the two-wheeler, the official said.
The woman received severe injuries and was rushed to a local hospital where doctors declared her brought dead, the police said.
The body was sent to a government hospital for postmortem, they added.
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