India, July 29 -- Minutes before she was to leave for a Guru Purnima pilgrimage with her family, a 46-year-old Mahim woman was fatally knocked down and dragged for around 100 metres by a speeding sports bike while crossing Lady Jamshedji Road on Monday night. The biker, 21, who was riding towards Bandra to pick up his mother, also died in the accident.

According to Mahim police, around 9.30pm Mangala Ashok Tandel, a resident of Mahim Causeway, was was crossing the road to meet relatives before the family left for Akkalkot in Solapur to visit the Shri Swami Samarth mutt in Solapur on the occasion of Guru Purnima.

According to the Mahim police, the sports bike, travelling towards Bandra, struck Tandel with such force that she was dragged ...