Mumbai: 5 dead as speeding car drives into Bandra-Worli accident site, ambulance hit too

MUMBAI: At least five people were killed and six others injured after a speeding car rammed into an accident site on the Bandra-Worli sea link in Mumbai in the early morning hours of Wednesday.
The accident took place at around 2.20am. Police said that the car first had an accident and later an ambulance went to rescue the people from the car.

"The car was heading towards the south bound when the accident took place," said police.
A toll naka employee along with the ambulance personnel have gone to the spot.
While the ambulance was stationed and its commuters were trying to rescue the car's occupants, another speedy car dashed the ambulance commuters. It was followed by a fourth car.
"The ambulance perhaps belongs to the toll plaza," said Worli police.
The injured people were to the Nair hospital, Saifee and Global hospitals. Two people with minor injuries, a man and a woman, have been discharged from hospital. Later, the injured people were shifted to Lilavati hospital.
Accidental death cases are being registered at the Worli police station ad further probe is on.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi offered his condolences to the families of those who lost their lives in the accident.