Pimpri : Five people were killed in a horrific road accident in Shilatane near Karla on the Pune-Mumbai National Highway on Sunday morning. This accident happened when a speeding car collided with the container. In this, five people in the car died on the spot. All the deceased are said to be residents of Mira Bhayander and members of the same family. However, their other details could not be found. After the accident, there was a jam on the highway for a long time, the police had to make a lot of effort to make the traffic smooth.
According to the information received from Lonavala Rural Police about this accident, at around 7.30 am today, the driver of the car (HR 26 CK 7805) coming in the direction of Pune on the Pune-Mumbai National Highway, due to speeding, hit the car after Karlafata. The car broke through the road divider and collided with the container (MH 43 Y 5130) heading towards Mumbai. The collision was so strong that the car was shattered. There were five people in the car. All of them died a painful death on the spot.
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As soon as the information about this accident was received, the teams of Lonavala Rural Police, Highway Police, IRB Company employees, and the teams of Angel Yantra reached the spot. Earlier, the local villagers started the rescue work. The car was so shattered that the corpses of the occupants had to be pulled out by breaking its doors. The bodies of all the deceased were sent for post-mortem. All these are said to be residents of Mira Bhayander and members of the same family. However, due to this accident, there was a traffic jam on the highway for a long time. Police teams had to make a lot of effort to clear the traffic by removing the accident-prone vehicles. Lonavala Rural Police is engaged in the investigation of the case.