A youth, riding three-up on his bike and without a helmet, lost control of his two-wheeler and banged his head on a divider as he crashed into it in Kandivli West on Wednesday morning. The 21-year-old rider, Suraj Tiwari, died on the spot while his friends were severely injured in the accident.

Tiwari with Nilesh Mishra, 21, and Nandani Mahato, 18, was headed to New Link Road when they met with the accident around 7.30 am. Police said the trio met outside Kandivli station around 6.30 am and planned to go to Malad. Later they decided to drop Mahato at her Laljipada home.