The car that met with accident at Shilatne Phata near Lonavala on Sunday morning. (Rajesh Stephen) Five persons travelling to Pune from Mumbai were killed after their car crossed to the opposite corridor on Pune-Mumbai Expressway and rammed into a container truck at Shilatne Phata near Lonavala on Sunday morning.
The accident took place around 7.30 am. All the persons with very severe injuries were shifted to a local trauma care centre where they were all pronounced dead. Identities of three persons have been ascertained till now and they were related to each other, said the police. Inspector Praveen More of Lonavala Rural Police station said, “There were five passengers in the car. At Shilatne Phata, the driver lost control over the wheel, possibly due to high speed, and collided with a container truck moving towards Mumbai. All five received fatal injuries. We are ascertaining their identities. Three of them were related and were from Mumbai. Their families are being contacted. A probe has been launched into the cause of the accident.”
More details are awaited.
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