Maharahstra accident: Three dead as car falls onto moving goods train from bridge near Karjat

Maharashtra accident: Three persons died and two sustained injuries after their car fell off a bridge onto a moving train between Karjat and Panvel railway stations

Maharashtra crime: Three persons died and two sustained injures when the car in which they were travelling reportedly fell off a bridge onto a moving goods train between Karjat and Panvel railway stations in Maharashtra on early Tuesday morning, police said, according to the PTI.

The accident took place between 3.30 am and 4 am as the car was heading for Neral on Mumbai-Panvel road, said an official of Panvel police station, reported the PTI.

The deceased were identified as Dharmanand Gaikwad (41) and his cousins Mangesh Jadhav (46) and Niteen Jadhav (48), as per the PTI.

Gaikwad was an activist of the Republican Party of India (RPI), the official said, adding that local police are conducting a probe, the police official said..

The freight train was heading from Panvel to Karjat in Raigad district and some of its wagons got decoupled due to the incident, said Dr Shivraj Manaspure, chief public relations officer of the Central Railway (CR).

Local train on the Harbour line skips halt

Meanwhile, a suburban Mumbai local train on the Central Railway's Harbour line reportedly skipped its scheduled halt at Khandeshwar station in Raigad district of Maharashtra, causing inconvenience to commuters on Tuesday afternoon, an official said, reported the PTI.

According to the PTI, a Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Terminus-bound (CSMT) train from Panvel did not stop at Khandeshwar station around 1.24 pm, inconveniencing commuters waiting on the platform, the official said.

After skipping the first halt, the train stopped at other stations on the Harbour line during its onward journey to CSMT, he said.

"The train crew missed Khandeshwar halt," the Central Railway's chief public relations officer Dr Shivraj Manaspur said, as per the PTI.

It is not immediately known if the Railways has ordered a probe into the incident or if any action will be taken against the train crew.

The Harbour line provides connectivity to the western suburbs and Navi Mumbai from south Mumbai. Around 10 lakh of about 35 lakh of total passengers, nearly 10 lakh passengers, use the Harbour Line every day, the news agency reported.

(with PTI inputs)

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