Thane, January 26: A 61-year-old woman riding pillion on a scooter died after falling from the vehicle when it hit a pothole in Maharashtra's Thane district, police said on Sunday. The incident took place in Dombivli township on Friday night when Bharti Vijaykumar Bhoi, resident of Lodha Palava in the area, was heading to a market with her son on the two-wheeler, they said.

At around 9.40 pm, the scooter hit a pothole following which the woman lost balance and fell down. She suffered severe head injuries and was rushed to a hospital where doctors declared her dead, an official from Manpada police station in Dombivli said. Thane Road Accident: 3 Killed, 15 Injured As Auto-Rickshaw Hits Multiple Vehicles on Mumbai-Agra Highway Near Khinavli Bridge.

The body was later sent to a government hospital for postmortem and a case of accidental death was registered, he said.

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