State highway police said at around 10:35 pm at 41/100 km near Adoshi village a landslide was reported due to which some stones landed on Mumbai lane and disturbed traffic movement during night hours
Preliminary investigations suggest that the primary cause of the accident was the driver's failure to maintain a safe distance from the two vehicles ahead and the inability to control the speed of the bus.
The death toll in the fire and explosion of a chemical-laden tanker on the Pune-Mumbai Expressway a day ago rose to five after a 39-year-old man succumbed to injuries in a Pune-based hospital on Wednesday, police said.
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Savita was declared dead at 6.45 pm due to grievous burn injuries and Vaiti, a family friend, was waiting for her husband Kailas Vare to return after cremating their eight-year-old son Kushal and 17-year-old nephew Ritesh Mahadu Koshire at Lonavala.