Mumbai scribe killed after two auto rickshaws collide head-on in Kurla

A Mumbai-based journalist was killed after a head on collision between two auto rickshaws in the suburb of Kurla on Thursday morning, news agency ANI reported.

The journalist has been identified as Prashant Tripathi. According to a Hindustan Times report, Tripathi, a television journalist, was returning to his house in Kalwa near Thane when the accident took place near Kurla's Baba Hospital.

#Mumbai: Head on collision between two autorickshaws in #Kurla, late last night. Journalist identified as Prashant Tripathi dies in the accident. One arrested, case registered pic.twitter.com/lvNjeqlnJS

— ANI (@ANI) December 15, 2017

Police say a Tripathi was travelling with a relative when the accident took place

The rickshaw driver immediately fled the spot, but passers-by managed to record his registration number and handed it over to the police. The driver has been identified as Yasin Shaikh, a resident of Nalla Sopara. He was arrested later in the day