India, Aug. 4 -- A 31-year-old jawan of the Thane Disaster Response Force (TDRF), who had participated in rescue operations at the Bhiwandi building collapse three days earlier, died in a road accident after his motorcycle hit a pothole on the Mumbai-Nashik Highway early on Monday.

Police identified the deceased as Vikas Gore, a resident of Bamne village in Shahapur taluka. Gore was riding from his village to Asangaon railway station to report for duty when the accident occurred on the Bharangi river bridge.

His Bullet motorcycle hit a pothole, causing him to lose control and crash into a roadside safety barrier. He sustained grievous injuries to his left hand and lower body, and was taken to Shahapur Government Hospital, where he died ...