Man dies as car rams negligently parked tanker on Pune–Mumbai Expressway

Also on Saturday, another man died and two other people were seriously injured in an accident involving three heavy vehicles on the slope near the Missing Link on the expressway.

The police said that at around 3 pm, a truck heading towards Mumbai collided with another truck on the same route. They went on to hit a trailer from behind.

The police identified the dead victim as Sandip Koli, 35, who was a resident of Kolhapur.

Inspector Sachin Hire of the Khopoli police station said the three people were taken to a hospital.

“Sandip Koli, who worked as a cleaner on one of the vehicles involved in the accident, was pronounced dead at the hospital. The other two victims are undergoing treatment. One of them is critical. Further investigation is ongoing,” he said.

The accident caused a traffic jam near the Missing Link. A police team cleared the damaged vehicles from the expressway and restored traffic.