India, July 23 -- A 42-year-old motorcyclist was killed after a speeding tempo allegedly rammed into his two-wheeler near the old Katraj tunnel in Ambegaon on Tuesday.

The deceased has been identified as Lavaji Bharat Waghmare, 42, a resident of Prem Nagar Vasahat in the Market Yard area.

According to the Ambegaon police, the accident occurred at around 12.25 pm on the Satara-Pune Road, about 200 metres from Necklace Point near the old Katraj tunnel. The tempo, allegedly driven by Samadhan Birari (28), a resident of Dhayari, was being driven rashly and at high speed in violation of traffic rules when it crashed into Waghmare's motorcycle.

Waghmare sustained grievous injuries in the collision and died during treatment.

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