Riddhi Thakkar, a 24-year-old biker from Mumbai, died after her motorcycle collided with a trailer truck on Nationwide Freeway-30 close to Markatola Ghat in Chhattisgarh’s Dhamtari district on Wednesday morning. Thakkar was travelling with a gaggle of ladies bikers from Mumbai in direction of the Bastar area. The group had reached the Raipur-Kanker route when a trailer coming from the wrong way collided along with her motorbike, leaving her critically injured.
An emergency name was made to 112 following the crash. Thakkar was initially taken to a well being centre in Charama for remedy earlier than being shifted to a personal hospital in Dhamtari as her situation worsened. Docs later confirmed that she had succumbed to her accidents.
Who was Riddhi Thakkar?
A resident of Kandivali West in Mumbai, Thakkar had constructed a lot of her on-line identification round bikes, journey and life on the street. She was energetic on Instagram by means of the deal with @gearglimpse54, the place she had 20,000 followers, and commonly shared content material associated to biking, journey and way of life. She had additionally posted on Instagram simply hours earlier than the deadly accident.
Thakkar additionally ran a YouTube channel, Ridewithridz, the place she documented her experiences as a biker. Her content material included reviewing bikes, using gear, helmets, bike equipment, waterproof tail baggage and different gear. She additionally shared moto-vlogs, street journeys and movies that includes completely different bikes.
Her social media profiles offered her as an enthusiastic rider who needed to encourage extra girls to take up motorcycling. Her YouTube bio highlighted her concentrate on breaking stereotypes, constructing a using neighborhood and documenting each the highs and challenges of life on two wheels.
“On this channel, I take you alongside on my two-wheeled adventures, from solo rides and scenic street journeys to bike critiques, using ideas, gear guides, and the actual, unfiltered moments of life on the street as a woman who rides…I am right here to interrupt stereotypes, encourage others (particularly girls) to chase freedom on two wheels, and construct a neighborhood the place all riders are welcome,” her YouTube bio reads.
Other than biking and journey, Thakkar additionally described herself as a make-up artist on Instagram.
After her dying, an older video from her YouTube channel has resurfaced on-line, drawing consideration for its reflections on love, independence and profiting from life. Her sudden dying has prompted an outpouring of grief amongst fellow riders and members of the biking neighborhood.
