WATCH | Horrific Accident in Navi Mumbai as Car Gets Squeezed After Collision with Truck; 1 Dead, 2 Critical

WATCH | Horrific Accident in Navi Mumbai as Car Gets Squeezed After Collision with Truck; 1 Dead, 2 Critical

A road accident between an SUV and a truck left a 39-year-old man dead and two others injured in Maharastra’s Navi Mumbai early Friday morning. The accident took place Ulve area of Navi Mumbai late on Thursday night, an official from the NRI police station said. The injured are said to be in a critical condition.

According to police, a speeding car knocked down two pedestrians and a scooter before ramming into a container truck. One of the pedestrians, Pramod Singh, was killed in the accident, while three others, including two brothers who were riding the scooter, were injured, the official was quoted by PTI as saying.

A report in Loksatta stated varying death toll saying three persons have been killed in the accident.

In a video of the accident site posted by news agency PTI, the car could be seen in a dilapidated condition over the divider and a part of it is stuck under the truck.

A case has been registered against the car driver under relevant sections of the Indian Penal Code and Motor Vehicles Act, the official further said. An investigation into the case is underway.

In September 2023, a senior citizen was crushed to death by a tanker that allegedly hit his car and then dragged him for some distance in Navi Mumbai. The incident reportedly took place at a bridge in Tara village on the Mumbai-Goa highway in Navi Mumbai.

According to police, 60-year-old Srikant More, a resident of Khalapur in Raigad district, was travelling with his wife in their car when the tanker rammed into their vehicle from behind.

When the man got down from his car to talk to the tanker driver, the latter moved his vehicle, dragging the victim along with it to some distance, an official said quoting the woman’s complaint.