NAVI MUMBAI: Two Vile Parle residents were killed while six others were injured after a container trailer turned turtle on the Pune-bound carriageway of the Mumbai-Pune Expressway in the Borghat section on Monday morning.
The driver of the trailer plying on the Mumbai-bound carriageway lost control after rear-ending a Tata Punch and crossed the median to land on the Pune-bound carriageway.
Four cars heading towards Pune then hit the trailer, leading to a massive pile up that lasted for over an hour. This slowed down traffic movement on both carriageways.
The cars on the Pune carriageway included a Swift, Datsun Go, EcoSport and one unknown, which left from the spot. The deceased have been identified as Bakul Raut (46) and Tejashwini Raut (45), residents of Vile Parle, who were travelling in the Swift that first crashed into the container trailer.
Trailer driver Padmanabham Trivedi (34) was also injured. The Khopoli police have booked him on charges of causing death by negligence and rash driving, among others.
E-way mishap leaves two from Vile Parle dead, driver booked
In the Mumbai-Pune expressway mishap on Monday where a container trailer overturned and crossed the median to the Pune-bound carriageway, leading to a four-car pile-up, those who sustained severe injuries include, Vile Parle residents Aarti Gadade (65), A Khatavkar (40) who were also travelling in the first Swift, Osmanabad residents Anjana Lokare (73) and Aashish Lokare (45) in Tata Punch and Solapur resident Yogesh Jadhav (30). All were rushed to the MGM hospital in Kamothe for treatment.
The Khopoli police have booked the driver on charges of causing death by negligence and rash driving, among others.
Khopoli police inspector Shital Raut said, “Four from Vile Parle were in the Swift car. Two of them were killed on the spot while two others, were grievously injured. The deceased couple is survived by a child studying in class 12th.” Further investigation in the matter is underway.
The driver of the trailer plying on the Mumbai-bound carriageway lost control after rear-ending a Tata Punch and crossed the median to land on the Pune-bound carriageway.
Four cars heading towards Pune then hit the trailer, leading to a massive pile up that lasted for over an hour. This slowed down traffic movement on both carriageways.
The cars on the Pune carriageway included a Swift, Datsun Go, EcoSport and one unknown, which left from the spot. The deceased have been identified as Bakul Raut (46) and Tejashwini Raut (45), residents of Vile Parle, who were travelling in the Swift that first crashed into the container trailer.
Trailer driver Padmanabham Trivedi (34) was also injured. The Khopoli police have booked him on charges of causing death by negligence and rash driving, among others.
E-way mishap leaves two from Vile Parle dead, driver booked
In the Mumbai-Pune expressway mishap on Monday where a container trailer overturned and crossed the median to the Pune-bound carriageway, leading to a four-car pile-up, those who sustained severe injuries include, Vile Parle residents Aarti Gadade (65), A Khatavkar (40) who were also travelling in the first Swift, Osmanabad residents Anjana Lokare (73) and Aashish Lokare (45) in Tata Punch and Solapur resident Yogesh Jadhav (30). All were rushed to the MGM hospital in Kamothe for treatment.
The Khopoli police have booked the driver on charges of causing death by negligence and rash driving, among others.
Khopoli police inspector Shital Raut said, “Four from Vile Parle were in the Swift car. Two of them were killed on the spot while two others, were grievously injured. The deceased couple is survived by a child studying in class 12th.” Further investigation in the matter is underway.
