A 19-year-old lost his life when the scooter he was riding allegedly rammed into a parked trailer truck on the JNPT-Belapur highway on Tuesday. The Panvel city police have arrested the trailer driver for negligently parking on the highway leading to the death of the motorcyclist. The police said the rider hit the trailer from the back and later succumbed to his injuries.

According to the police, Raghu Gunda Pawar, 57, a resident of Dronagiri in Uran, in his statement to police, said his son Jayendra Pawar, 19, worked as a contractor at the Navi Mumbai airport. He took small contracts from the firm constructing the airport project in Navi Mumbai. “On June 25, at around 9.30 am he was going from Dronagiri towards JNPT-Belapur Road, when he met with an accident near RK Patil office on the highway.