35-year-old loses control of motorcycle at turn near KCC Company on Yernagaon-Kawadas Road

NAGPUR: A 35-year-old man from Wardha district died after his motorcycle went out of control and crashed into a teak tree near KCC Company on the Yernagaon-Kawadas Road under Hingna police station limits on Sunday morning.

The deceased has been identified as Prashant Pandurang Mungal (35), a resident of Waghada village in Seloo tehsil of Wardha district.

According to police, Mungal was returning to his native village from his maternal aunt’s residence in Dhangarpura, Hingna, on his Hero Splendor Plus motorcycle (MH-40-CY-2129) around 10 am on November 8.

While negotiating a turn near KCC Company between Yernagaon and Kawadas, he allegedly lost control of the motorcycle and crashed into a teak tree located along the roadside. He sustained severe injuries in the accident.

He was rushed to the Rural Hospital in Hingna, where doctors examined him and declared him dead.

Following information from his brother, Nitin Pandurang Mungal (41), Hingna police registered an accidental death case through Police Sub-Inspector Santosh Rathod. Further investigation is underway.