The police on Sunday said that a 61-year-old woman riding a pillion on a scooter died after falling from the vehicle when it hit a pothole in Maharashtra`s Thane district, reported news agency PTI.

The incident took place in Dombivli township on Friday night when Bharti Vijaykumar Bhoi, a resident of Lodha Palava in the area, was heading to a market with her son on the two-wheeler, they said, reported PTI.