PUNE: Four people, including a truck driver and a cleaner, were killed and seven injured in an accident involving two trucks, a tanker and a tourist car. The incident took place at Tathawade on the Katraj-Dehu Road bypass, about 15 kms from Pune, at 1.45 am on Wednesday.
Three passengers and the driver of the tourist car, which was heading towards Pune, were injured in the mishap. They were identified as Raghunath Dyandev Awate (40) of Mumbai, his relative Soni Ganesh Mane (4) of Karmala in Solapur district and Nitin Dyandev Shinde (35) of Bhivandi.
The police were yet to ascertain in which truck the other two deceased were travelling.
Wednesday's was the third road mishap in as many days. Ten people were killed and 9 injured when a multi-utility vehicle hit a trailer and overturned near the Katraj tunnel on Monday. Four people were killed and seven injured when their SUV collided with a truck on the Pune-Solapur highway at Yevat on Tuesday.
In Wednesday's mishap, two bodies were stuck in the cabin of one of the trucks and the police had to cut it open to remove them.
The accident caused a major traffic jam on the Katraj-Dehu Road bypass for about an hour.
The Hinjewadi police have identified the deceased as Tanaji Dinkar Kumbhar (25) of Kalina, Mumbai; Tejashri Pralhad Mohite (35) of Chembur, Mumbai; Sandip Bhimrao Khuje (25) of Sangli and Ajappa alias Satappa Irgar (25) of Belgaum, Karnataka.
Balshe Sidhappa Teli (24) of Karnataka, Pritam Jagannath Khalkar (25) of Karad in Satara district and Indrajit Sambhaji Mohite (45) of Sangli sustained severe injuries. They were travelling in the trucks, and have been admitted to the ICU of a private hospital.
Senior police inspector Ganpat Madgulkar of the Hinjewadi police station told TOI that one truck, loaded with chillies and vegetables, was on its way to Mumbai from Belgaum. When it came near the Sai petrol station at Tathawade, its driver, Ajappa Irgar, lost control over the vehicle and hit the road divider, leading to the bursting of the front tyres. The truck skidded into the opposite lane towards Pune and rammed a truck, loaded with scrap, that was heading for Kolhapur. The taxi, which was also proceeding towards Pune, hit the scrap truck and went off the road.
Pramod Vasant Chavan (30) of Sangvi, who was driving the car, which was heading towards Pune, rammed the scrap truck and went off the road. A tanker filled with a chemical, which was just behind the car, rammed both the trucks. The driver of the tanker sustained minor injuries.
The driver of the truck loaded with vegetables Irgar died on the spot and cleaner Balshe Teli sustained severe injuries. Indrajit Mohite, the driver of the truck loaded with scrap sustained severe injuries. However, the cleaner, Sandip Khuje, died on the spot.
"Both the drivers of the trucks had taken passengers. We suspect that Tejashri Mohite and Tanaji Kumbhar, who died in the mishap, were travelling in the truck," Madgulkar said.
Additional commissioner of police Dhananjay Kamalakar and deputy commissioner of police (zone-III) Mahesh Patil visited the spot.
Three passengers and the driver of the tourist car, which was heading towards Pune, were injured in the mishap. They were identified as Raghunath Dyandev Awate (40) of Mumbai, his relative Soni Ganesh Mane (4) of Karmala in Solapur district and Nitin Dyandev Shinde (35) of Bhivandi.
The police were yet to ascertain in which truck the other two deceased were travelling.
Wednesday's was the third road mishap in as many days. Ten people were killed and 9 injured when a multi-utility vehicle hit a trailer and overturned near the Katraj tunnel on Monday. Four people were killed and seven injured when their SUV collided with a truck on the Pune-Solapur highway at Yevat on Tuesday.
In Wednesday's mishap, two bodies were stuck in the cabin of one of the trucks and the police had to cut it open to remove them.
The accident caused a major traffic jam on the Katraj-Dehu Road bypass for about an hour.
The Hinjewadi police have identified the deceased as Tanaji Dinkar Kumbhar (25) of Kalina, Mumbai; Tejashri Pralhad Mohite (35) of Chembur, Mumbai; Sandip Bhimrao Khuje (25) of Sangli and Ajappa alias Satappa Irgar (25) of Belgaum, Karnataka.
Balshe Sidhappa Teli (24) of Karnataka, Pritam Jagannath Khalkar (25) of Karad in Satara district and Indrajit Sambhaji Mohite (45) of Sangli sustained severe injuries. They were travelling in the trucks, and have been admitted to the ICU of a private hospital.
Senior police inspector Ganpat Madgulkar of the Hinjewadi police station told TOI that one truck, loaded with chillies and vegetables, was on its way to Mumbai from Belgaum. When it came near the Sai petrol station at Tathawade, its driver, Ajappa Irgar, lost control over the vehicle and hit the road divider, leading to the bursting of the front tyres. The truck skidded into the opposite lane towards Pune and rammed a truck, loaded with scrap, that was heading for Kolhapur. The taxi, which was also proceeding towards Pune, hit the scrap truck and went off the road.
Pramod Vasant Chavan (30) of Sangvi, who was driving the car, which was heading towards Pune, rammed the scrap truck and went off the road. A tanker filled with a chemical, which was just behind the car, rammed both the trucks. The driver of the tanker sustained minor injuries.
The driver of the truck loaded with vegetables Irgar died on the spot and cleaner Balshe Teli sustained severe injuries. Indrajit Mohite, the driver of the truck loaded with scrap sustained severe injuries. However, the cleaner, Sandip Khuje, died on the spot.
"Both the drivers of the trucks had taken passengers. We suspect that Tejashri Mohite and Tanaji Kumbhar, who died in the mishap, were travelling in the truck," Madgulkar said.
Additional commissioner of police Dhananjay Kamalakar and deputy commissioner of police (zone-III) Mahesh Patil visited the spot.
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