Mumbai, March 18 Three people were killed and five were injured on the Mumbai-Pune Expressway on Wednesday morning after a container truck crashed into multiple vehicles and overturned onto a car, police said.
The deceased, identified as Ambadas Damu Petare, Shrikant Anant Jadhav, and Pramod Shankar Pawar, were travelling in the Innova car which was crushed in the incident, according to an official from the Khopoli Police.
Navnath Bhujbal (32), Akshay Gaikwad (31), Bhanudas Gaikwad (27), Swapnil Bhujbal (36), and Awdhesh Yadav (37) were injured.
Yadav, who was driving the container truck, lost control of the steering and collided with four vehicles before overturning to the left and falling onto the car travelling in the same direction, the official said.
A case has been registered against Yadav, who is seriously injured, under sections of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS), including 106-1 (causing death by rash and negligent act), and further investigation is underway, the official added.