The record
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- A 28-year-old man named Pratik Valke died after a tree fell on the scooter he was riding on the Kankavli-Devgad road in Sindhudurg, Maharashtra.
- Pratik Valke was travelling towards his home in Asalde with a friend as pillion rider when both were trapped under the fallen tree's branches.
- Locals reached the spot and chopped the branches, and Pratik Valke died from grievous injuries including bleeding.
- The injured friend was rushed to a local private hospital and appears to be out of danger.
- Locals have alleged the road work contractor left old and dry trees roadside untouched, and an accidental death case has been registered at the local police station.
What to watch next
- Outcome of the accidental death case registered at the local police station.
- Whether authorities act on locals' allegations against the road work contractor over unremoved dry trees.
- Further tree-fall incidents on the Nandgaon-Asalde stretch undergoing concretisation.
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