By PTI
PUNE: Four individuals, together with a mother-son duo and their kin, had been killed and three others injured when a chemical-laden tanker caught hearth following an accident and exploded on the busy Pune-Mumbai Expressway on Tuesday, police mentioned.
The accident passed off on a stretch between Lonavala and Khandala hill stations on the 91-km-long expressway, an official mentioned.
The tanker caught hearth following the accident and exploded, inflicting fiery balls of the chemical to fall on the motorists travelling on the highway under, he mentioned.
Four motorists on the highway under sustained accidents, of which three died, whereas one occupant of the tanker was killed and two others within the car had been injured, mentioned the official from the Lonavala police station.
The busy carriageway was cleared for visitors after a number of hours.
The deceased had been recognized by the police as Savita Ware (35), her son Kushal (9) and her nephew Ritesh Koshire (16).
The tanker occupant who died within the accident was but to be recognized.
Savita Ware was on a motorbike alongside together with her son and nephew when fiery balls of the chemical fell on them whereas they had been passing by way of the highway beneath the bridge the place the methanol-laden tanker caught hearth after the accident, mentioned the official.
“The driver of the tanker was injured and said to be critical. We are ascertaining how the accident took place and led to the fire,” he mentioned.
The official mentioned the police had been within the strategy of registering an offence in opposition to the tanker driver.
Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis known as the accident “unfortunate” and expressed grief over the lack of lives.
“Three other persons were injured in the accident and are being treated in a local hospital. I pray for their betterment,” Fadnavis, who additionally holds the house portfolio, mentioned on social media.
The state police, the freeway police, personnel from INS Shivaji, and the hearth brigade rushed to the accident spot, the place the hearth has been introduced beneath management, he mentioned.
The police official mentioned the vehicular visitors has resumed on either side of the expressway.
PUNE: Four individuals, together with a mother-son duo and their kin, had been killed and three others injured when a chemical-laden tanker caught hearth following an accident and exploded on the busy Pune-Mumbai Expressway on Tuesday, police mentioned.
The accident passed off on a stretch between Lonavala and Khandala hill stations on the 91-km-long expressway, an official mentioned.
The tanker caught hearth following the accident and exploded, inflicting fiery balls of the chemical to fall on the motorists travelling on the highway under, he mentioned.googletag.cmd.push(perform() googletag.show(‘div-gpt-ad-8052921-2’); );
Four motorists on the highway under sustained accidents, of which three died, whereas one occupant of the tanker was killed and two others within the car had been injured, mentioned the official from the Lonavala police station.
The busy carriageway was cleared for visitors after a number of hours.
The deceased had been recognized by the police as Savita Ware (35), her son Kushal (9) and her nephew Ritesh Koshire (16).
The tanker occupant who died within the accident was but to be recognized.
Savita Ware was on a motorbike alongside together with her son and nephew when fiery balls of the chemical fell on them whereas they had been passing by way of the highway beneath the bridge the place the methanol-laden tanker caught hearth after the accident, mentioned the official.
“The driver of the tanker was injured and said to be critical. We are ascertaining how the accident took place and led to the fire,” he mentioned.
The official mentioned the police had been within the strategy of registering an offence in opposition to the tanker driver.
Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis known as the accident “unfortunate” and expressed grief over the lack of lives.
“Three other persons were injured in the accident and are being treated in a local hospital. I pray for their betterment,” Fadnavis, who additionally holds the house portfolio, mentioned on social media.
The state police, the freeway police, personnel from INS Shivaji, and the hearth brigade rushed to the accident spot, the place the hearth has been introduced beneath management, he mentioned.
The police official mentioned the vehicular visitors has resumed on either side of the expressway.