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Pune: 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).
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.