Mumbai-Nashik Highway accident: Five killed, six injured after MUV crashes into abandoned truck

One more person died during treatment following the accident involving an MUV and an abandoned truck on the MumbaiNashik Highway in Maharashtras Thane district taking the death toll to five officials said on ThursdaySix injured persons are being treated at a local hospital they said reported PTIThe accident occurred near Atgaon village in Shahapur taluka on Wednesday when a family from Jogeshwari in Mumbai was returning after seeking darshan at the famous Lord Shiva temple in Trimbakeshwar in Nashik districtA multiutility vehicle MUV carrying the family crashed into a burnt and abandoned truck killing four of its occupants on the spot and leaving seven seriously injured One of the injured persons later succumbed to their injuries taking the death toll to five officials saidPreliminary investigations by the Shahapur police suggest that a sudden brake failure followed by the steering wheel locking caused the driver to lose control of the vehicleAccording to the police the victims were natives of Gorakhpur in Uttar Pradesh and currently resided in Mumbais Jogeshwari areaA case has been registered at the Shahapur police station and a probe is underway officials saidThree injured after SUV crashes into motorcycle in Vashi driver heldThree people were seriously injured after a Mahindra Thar allegedly rammed into their motorcycle in Sector 19 of Navi Mumbais Vashi police said on Tuesday reported the PTIThe accident took place at around 9 pm on Monday near P K HospitalAccording to police the SUV was allegedly being driven by Amar Gurkha Yadav 32 at high speed when it collided with the motorcycle the news agency reportedThe three people on the motorcycle Prinz Ratkumar Gupta Manoj Ramphal Gupta and Nikhil Gupta sustained serious injuries in the accident according to the PTIThey were taken for medical treatment following the crashAccording to the PTI police said that Yadav allegedly fled the spot after the collision He was later traced by the policeA case has been registered against him under relevant sections of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita BNSMeanwhile in another incident two people including a passenger were injured after a BEST electric bus crashed into a Metro rail pillar in Mumbairsquos Goregaon area officials said on TuesdayThe incident took place at around 5 pm on Monday when the wetleased electric bus was taking a right turn beneath the flyover near the Oberoi Mall signal while travelling towards Bhayander station EastAccording to officials the bus first grazed the rear right side of a car before crashing into the Metro pillarThe injured were identified as Rajendra Muralidhar Sonawane 58 an employee of the BEST engineering department and passenger Mangesh Ramchandra Modalekar 57Sonawane suffered a head injury while Modalekar sustained injuries to his head and chinBoth were immediately taken to Trauma Care Hospital in Jogeshwari East by accident inspection staff They were later discharged after receiving treatmentFollowing a complaint filed by the car driver police registered a case against the BEST bus driver under relevant sections of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita BNSFurther investigation into the accident was underwayWith PTI inputs