Pune: Two separate road accidents were witnessed in the Mumbai Pune Expressway on Monday afternoon that killed one person and injured eight people.

In the first accident that took place at around 2.30 pm a tempo collided with a car on Mumbai lane at 43 kilometers on the expressway.  According to the expressway police control room, the car was heading towards Mumbai when the driver of the tempo suddenly lost control of the wheels and collided with the car. The impact of the accident was such that people got stuck in the car and were rescued with the help of a local resident and the highway police. Three people were critically injured in the accident and their names are yet to be confirmed by police. The injured were rushed to a Khopoli-based hospital and later shifted to Pune-based Lokmanya hospital for treatment.