The incident occurred in the early hours of Sunday when the luxury car, travelling towards south Mumbai, struck another vehicle from behind inside the tunnel. The impact caused the Mercedes to ram into a second car ahead, an official from D B Marg police station said
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Three members of a family were injured after a high-speed Mercedes, allegedly driven by a 17-year-old boy, crashed into vehicles inside the Mumbai Coastal Road tunnel in south Mumbai, police said on Monday, reported news agency PTI.
The incident occurred in the early hours of Sunday when the luxury car, travelling towards south Mumbai, struck another vehicle from behind inside the tunnel. The impact caused the Mercedes to ram into a second car ahead, an official from D B Marg police station said, reported PTI.
As a result of the collision, three occupants of one of the cars—including an elderly woman—sustained injuries and were taken for medical treatment, police said.
Following an investigation, police registered a case against a businessman from the Agripada area, who owns the Mercedes, his 18-year-old granddaughter, and her 17-year-old male friend, who was allegedly driving the vehicle at the time of the crash, reported PTI.
Police said preliminary findings indicate that the minor lost control of the car while driving through the tunnel, leading to the accident. Further investigation into the circumstances surrounding the incident is underway.
Driver trapped after Thane truck collision, rescued by fire brigade
In another incident, one person was injured after a heavy truck collided with another vehicle near Kharegaon Toll Naka in the Retibandar area of Kalwa, Thane (West), early Tuesday morning, officials said.
According to the Disaster Management Cell of the Thane Municipal Corporation, the accident occurred around 6.02 am on the road leading towards Mumbra. A heavy Ashok Leyland truck (MH 04 KU 2012), carrying debris and garbage from Mulund Dumping Ground to Mumbra, rammed into an unidentified vehicle moving ahead of it.
The truck was owned by Rupesh Talwar and driven by Rajkumar (32), a resident of Taloja. Following the collision, the driver was trapped inside the vehicle.
Fire brigade personnel, including a divisional officer and sub-station officer, rushed to the spot with a fire engine and a rescue vehicle. Teams from the Disaster Management Cell, city traffic police and staff from Kalwa Police Station were also deployed, along with an ambulance.
The trapped driver was successfully rescued from the cabin. He sustained serious injuries to his leg and was admitted to Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Hospital for treatment.
Meanwhile, traffic police personnel were engaged in clearing the accident site by shifting the damaged vehicle to the side of the road to restore traffic movement.
(With inputs from PTI)
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