Alcohol and a joyride just don't make a good cocktail, and four Kharghar youths realised this the hard way, after meeting with an accident on the Mumbai-Pune Expressway in the wee hours of yesterday.

One of them died on the spot, while the others are undergoing treatment in a Mumbai hospital. The police have identified the deceased as Manish Ramesh Pritwani, 25, while the injured are Santosh Patil, 23, Bhakt Patil, 24, and Amol Kunte, 25, all of whom were rushed to a Lonavla hospital first and later shifted to one in Mumbai. A case of accidental death has been registered at the Lonavla City police station, which falls under the jurisdiction of Pune Rural police.