Man dies in hit-and-run on highway

KALYAN: A 32-year-old biker died in hospital on Wednesday, a day after he was injured in a hitand-run on the Mumbai-Nashik highway near Bhiwandi .
Chetan Bhangare, who worked in a courier company in Bhiwandi, was riding his motorbike on the highway on Tuesday night after work. He was heading towards Kalyan when an unidentified vehicle rammed into his bike near Pimplas, leaving him seriously injured on the road.
Passersby rushed him to a nearby private hospital. His family later shifted him to City Care Hospital in Thane, where he died on Wednesday evening.
Bhangare, who was the sole breadwinner in his family, is survived by his wife and two daughters, Purva (6) and Rudya (3). The Kongaon police have registered a hit-and-run case against the unidentified driver. “We will check the CCTV footage in the area to find the culprit,” said senior police inspector Ramesh Katkar.
One of Bhangare’s friends, Piyush Gudkha told TOI: “We want his company or the government to provide monetary compensation or a job for his wife.”