A triple fatality was reported at Marine Drive in the early hours of Monday after a speeding motorcycle allegedly jumped a traffic signal and struck a pedestrian crossing the road. The incident occurred at around 5.40 am on the northbound carriageway of Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose Road near the Parsi Gymkhana (Parsi Gate) junction.

Police said a motorcycle, ridden by Krushna Desai, 19, with Chandani Imam Ali Shaikh as pillion, was going at high speed. Desai jumped the signal and struck 66-year-old Kishore Lamne, who was crossing the road. The collision flung all three onto the road, leaving all three critically injured.