One individual was killed and one other was injured after a rushing SUV crashed right into a automobile inside a tunnel of the Mumbai-Pune Expressway early Friday, officers mentioned.
The accident occured round 1.20 am on the just lately opened ‘lacking hyperlink’ part of the Mumbai-Pune Expressway. The incident was caught on a CCTV digicam.
CCTV footage confirmed a rushing Toyota Fortuner travelling from Pune in the direction of Mumbai crashing into an Eicher tempo carrying greens. The tempo was shifting in the identical route when the SUV rammed into it from behind.
On Digital camera, Dashing SUV Rams Tempo In Mumbai-Pune Expressway Tunnel, 1 Lifeless
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The affect was so extreme that each autos overturned on the freeway.
Officers mentioned one individual, recognized as Tushar Bhumkar, died on the spot. One other sustained critical accidents, whereas three others escaped unharmed.
The injured individual was shifted to a close-by hospital for remedy, officers mentioned. Police have launched an investigation into the incident.
Preliminary data suggests that each one 5 occupants of the SUV have been residents of the Bhumkar Chowk space in Wakad.
The accident disrupted site visitors on the ‘lacking hyperlink’ route for almost two hours.
Police and freeway security patrol groups rushed to the spot for the rescue operation and later restored the site visitors on the freeway.
The 13.3-km ‘lacking hyperlink’ stretch features a almost 9-km-long twin-tube tunnel and a cable-stayed bridge. It was constructed to bypass the accident-prone and congested ghat part on the Expressway and cut back journey time between the 2 cities.
