Maharashtra: Nine family members die after car falls into water-filled well in Nashik

A tragic accident in Nashik claimed the lives of nine members of a family after their car fell into a waterfilled well in the Shivaji area on Friday night ANI reportedAccording to initial reports the family was returning home from a function when the driver reportedly lost control of the vehicle leading to the fatal plungeMaharashtra Police have registered a case and launched an investigation to ascertain the exact cause of the incident Further details are awaitedBegged him to stop Passengers plead with driver before bus overturns at Maharashtras Sukeli Khind 2 deadIn a harrowing incident 46 passengers on a Goabound private bus endured a terrifying hour as the driver allegedly drove under the influence two men ultimately losing their lives at Sukeli Khind in Raigad district of Maharashtra At 3 am on Friday the bus MP 13 ZP 4545 overturned off the MumbaiGoa Highway at the notorious Sukeli Khind near Nagothane leaving two dead and 22 seriously injuredThe incident did not start at the cliffsidemdashit began at a driverchange point in KharpadaThe midnight SOSAccording to the survivors and relatives of the passengers at MGM Hospital Kamothe the ordeal began when a new driver Hemant Patil 36 took the wheel Passengers immediately noticed he was allegedly intoxicated and driving erraticallyMy nephew Krunal called us terrified said Vishal Mhatre the relative of a passengerThe passengers actually forced the bus to stop They got off the bus in the middle of the night desperate to find another vehicle They even filed a formal complaint on the Lal Pari app begging for intervention But with no alternative transport at 2 am they were forced back into what became a death trap added MhatreAn hour after the passengers pleas went unanswered the bus reached the steep winding slopes of the Sukeli Valley Witnesses say the speeding vehicle flipped multiple times ejecting passengers through shattered windows into the pitchblack ravineNaeem Nizam Sheikh 33 of Kamothe and Neelam Vaibhav Vibhute 40 of Panvel were killed instantlyThe medical tollAt MGM Hospital the scene was one of chaos and heartbreakWe received 22 patientsmdash16 males and six females said Dr Kuldeep Salgotra dean of MGM HospitalTwelve are in serious condition and five are in the ICU with multiple traumas to the head chest and pelvis One young man has lost his foot entirely the damage is too severe for reattachment Dr Salgotra addedAmong the survivors is a oneandahalfyearold toddler whose miracle escape stands in stark contrast to the driver Patil who is currently in a coma at a government hospital in AlibaugThe Maharashtra government touts its Lal Pari and transport apps as safety nets Yet here is a group of citizens who used the technology exactly as intendedmdashto report a lifethreatening situation in realtime They did their part They flagged the danger They even staged a physical protest on the highwayThe numbers46 Total passengers on board2 Lives lost Naeem Sheikh amp Neelam Vibhute22 Rushed to MGM Kamothe1 Foot amputated 20yearold survivor15 Age of the youngest survivorWith ANI inputs