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IN PHOTOS: Test-drive car crashes into vehicles, falls into construction pit

Updated On: 11 March, 2026 02:46 PM IST | Asif Ali Sayed

A test-drive car lost control, hit parked vehicles and fell into a construction pit in Thane district of Maharashtra on Tuesday evening, officials said. Pics/RDMC

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A test-drive car lost control, hit parked vehicles and fell into a construction pit in Thane district of Maharashtra on Tuesday evening, officials said. Pics/RDMC

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A test-drive car lost control, hit parked vehicles and fell into a construction pit in Thane district of Maharashtra on Tuesday evening, officials said. Pics/RDMC
<p>The accident took place at around 7.28 pm near a hotel in the Pachpakhadi area of Naupada, according to the Regional Disaster Management Cell (RDMC) of the Thane Municipal Corporation (TMC)</p>

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The accident took place at around 7.28 pm near a hotel in the Pachpakhadi area of Naupada, according to the Regional Disaster Management Cell (RDMC) of the Thane Municipal Corporation (TMC)

<p>Officials said that a test-drive vehicle went out of control while being driven on the road</p>

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Officials said that a test-drive vehicle went out of control while being driven on the road

<p>The car first hit an auto-rickshaw and two parked two-wheelers before plunging into a construction pit about 20 feet deep that had been dug for a building project</p>

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The car first hit an auto-rickshaw and two parked two-wheelers before plunging into a construction pit about 20 feet deep that had been dug for a building project

<p>Local residents quickly stepped in and rescued the occupants before emergency teams arrived at the scene</p>

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Local residents quickly stepped in and rescued the occupants before emergency teams arrived at the scene

<p>The officials said that the airbags deployed during the crash, which helped reduce the impact and likely prevented more serious injuries to the passengers</p>

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The officials said that the airbags deployed during the crash, which helped reduce the impact and likely prevented more serious injuries to the passengers

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