In eight communications over three years, the highway police of Bor Ghat alerted the government and the contractor in charge of maintaining the Mumbai-Pune highway of a deadly spot where an accident claimed 13 lives on Saturday. The cops had informed the authorities of multiple accidents at the sharp turn and suggested erecting a barrier to prevent fatal accidents.'

In the letters to Maharashtra State Road Development Corporation (MSRDC) Pune and IRB Infrastructure Developers Ltd, the highway police of Bhor Ghat suggested measures that could have avoided Saturday’s accident. But neither the government body nor the contractor acted on the recommendations.