Our Cities, Our Fight: Monsoon Misery, Civic Failure
A 35-year-old motorcyclist, Rahul Ashok Patil, was killed after a coconut tree fell on his moving bike amid heavy rain in Rai village of Mira-Bhayandar in Maharashtra's Thane district, officials said on Friday.
Rahul Patil, a resident of Murdhagaon, was the son of Ashok Patil, former deputy mayor of the Mira-Bayandar Municipal Council.
Officials said the incident happened in Sadanand Nagar area on Wednesday evening when Rahul was riding his bike and suddenly a coconut tree fell on him.
