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Navi Mumbai: Driver kills Dharavi dancer, injures 9 in Kharghar crash

Friends were on bikes headed for Lonavala at dawn; two remain critical, one dies on the spot; The deceased, Manav Kunvikorve, popularly known as “Jacks”, was riding pillion when the impact flung him nearly 30 feet off the flyover

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Ten young dancers, riding to Lonavala for a joyride, were mowed down by a speeding car in Kharghar. illustrations/Uday Mohite

Ten young dancers, riding to Lonavala for a joyride, were mowed down by a speeding car in Kharghar. illustrations/Uday Mohite

A 23-year-old dancer from Dharavi was killed and nine of his friends injured — two critically — after a speeding car rammed into their bikes on the Hiranandani flyover in Kharghar around 4.45 am on Wednesday. The accused, Vaibhav Chandrakant Dhere, 24, fled the scene barefoot and was arrested within six hours from Pune.

The deceased, Manav Kunvikorve, popularly known as “Jacks”, was riding pillion when the impact flung him nearly 30 feet off the flyover. Two others, Sameer Mohammad, 20, and Sagar Devalla, 23, are on ventilators at MGM Hospital, Kamothe.

A 23-year-old dancer from Dharavi, Manav Kunvikorve — affectionately called “Jacks” — was killed when a speeding car rammed into his group on the Hiranandani flyover, flinging him 30 feet to his death
A 23-year-old dancer from Dharavi, Manav Kunvikorve — affectionately called “Jacks” — was killed when a speeding car rammed into his group on the Hiranandani flyover, flinging him 30 feet to his death

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