An AI-generated illustration of a motorcycle crashing into a pole
His friend, Yash Avhad (18), was undergoing treatment at a nearby hospital. An officer from Ravet police said Landge and Avhad were riding a friend’s motorcycle towards Akurdi around 2 pm on Friday. On Sept 19, in an accident, an assistant police sub-inspector (49) was knocked down by an unidentified vehicle while he was crossing the Pune-Solapur highway in Uruli Kanchan after having dinner at an eatery around 12.30am on Saturday.
When they reached the college, Landge lost control of the motorcycle and crashed into a pole on the footpath.
He was returning home from Sassoon General Hospital, where he had gone for the autopsy of a corpse that was recovered from a water body, police said. Ravet police identified the deceased as Shashank Landge of Maske Vasti in Ravet. Ganesh Ratan Dabhade, a resident of Saswad in Purandar taluka, was attached to the Uruli Kanchan police station.
Avhad lodged a complaint with the police on Saturday.
They were taken to a hospital, where Landge was pronounced dead by doctors,” the officer said. “Both suffered severe injuries in the accident.