One killed, eight injured as speeding truck rams bus on expressway

According to the police, there were nearly 35 people in the bus which was returning from a wedding function.

According to the police, the driver of the container truck fled from the spot after the accident.

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A 27-year-old man was killed and at least eight others were injured when a container truck rammed a bus near Khopoli on Pune-Mumbai Expressway early on Monday. The accident affected traffic movement on the expressway for more than two hours.

According to the police, there were nearly 35 people in the bus which was returning from a wedding function. They were on their way to Shahapur from Sindhudurg when the truck, which was allegedly speeding, hit the bus from the rear at around 6.55 am. The bus then rammed another truck that was moving ahead of it. A passenger, identified as Yadnesh Sawant and seven others were rushed to the Municipal Hospital in Khopoli, where Sawant was declared dead.

SP, Raigad, Somnath Gharge said, “The impact of the accident was so huge that Sawant, who was sitting next to the driver of the bus, broke through the windshield and fell on the road. He then landed under the wheels of another vehicle that was moving next to the bus.”

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The police said the driver and the cleaner of the bus initially tried to mislead the investigators by claiming that the driver had died. “They feared that a legal action would be taken against them for the accident, due to which they lied. However later as we inquired further, it was revealed that it was a passenger who was travelling next to the driver had died,” said an investigator.

Inspector Shirish Pawar of Khopoli station said, “Out of the 35 passengers in the bus, two were seriously injured, five have suffered minor injuries and were later shifted to MGM Hospital in Kamothe. Five to six others who sustained minor injuries have been given first aid on the spot.”

“The driver of the truck fled from the spot after the accident. We are trying to trace him. A probe is on,” he said. The police have registered a case of rash and negligent driving against the driver of the truck, officers added.

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