Pune, May 3: One person was killed, and three others sustained injuries after a Mercedes rammed into a motorcycle and fell off a bridge in Pune in the early hours of Saturday, police said. The accident occurred on Wadgaon bridge in the Sinhgad Road area around 4.30 am, an official said. He said the motorcyclist died in the incident, and the pillion rider sustained injuries. "A Mercedes rammed into a motorcycle and fell off the bridge onto the service road below. The motorcyclist, who was critically injured, died after being taken to a hospital," said Sambhaji Kadam, Deputy Commissioner of Police (Zone 3). Pune Road Accident: 1 Dead After Mercedes-Benz Rams Bike on Bengaluru–Pune Highway, 2 Held.

The occupants of the car also sustained injuries, he said. The official said the car driver has been arrested, and a case has been registered against him for culpable homicide not amounting to murder under the Bharatiya Nyay Sanhita and relevant provisions of the Motor Vehicles Act.

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