Four killed as car collides with tanker on Mumbai-Pune Expressway

29 November,2019 11:12 AM IST |  Pune  |  mid-day online correspondent

The Mumbai-based residents were heading home after attending a wedding in Satara.


Four people were killed and two others injured after a car collided with a tanker on the Mumbai-Pune Expressway near Panvel on Friday.

"The car driver lost control of the vehicle, causing the accident in which three female passengers, all members of a family, and the driver himself were killed," a police officer said, reported PTI.

The injured were rushed to MGM Hospital in Panvel, Navi Mumbai by the local police with the

help of highway police and Delta Force personnel, a special unit deployed on the expressway to help the local police in checking crimes and curbing accidents on one of the country's most modern roads.

The Mumbai-based residents were heading home after attending a wedding in Satara.

An accidental death report has been filed with the Raisoni police station.

(With inputs from Chaitraly Deshmukh)

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