5 accidents in 6 hrs at Katraj; 2 dead
5 accidents in 6 hrs at Katraj; 2 dead
ByAnurag BendeAnurag Bende / Updated: Jan 12, 2021, 06:00 IST
Katraj tunnel on Mumbai-Bengaluru national highway; NHAI, cops probe issue
In a tragic series of five separate road accidents on a stretch of 500 metres on the Mumbai-Bengaluru highway near Katraj, two people died and eight sustained injuries on Monday morning.
Police said the steep slope after
Katraj tunnel makes controlling of vehicles difficult, which coupled with indisciplined driving caused the accidents.
The mishaps all took place in a span of six hours, from 4.30 am to 10.30 am. Following this, there was a huge traffic jam on the
On accident-prone patch: 1 injured, 10 vehicles damaged in accident on Mumbai-Bangalore Highway bypass road
The damaged vehicles include eight cars, a two-wheeler and a rickshaw. Most of the vehicles were badly damaged because of the impact from the truck. December 16, 2020 9:06:47 pm
Police later arrested the truck driver, Raosaheb Kuthe (31), who told police that he had lost control of the vehicle.(Representational)
ONE person was seriously injured and 10 vehicles were damaged after a truck driver lost control of his vehicle, which went on to hit multiple vehicles on the bypass road of Mumbai-Bangalore Highway near Navale Bridge in Pune on Wednesday morning. This is the third such incident involving multiple vehicles over the last one month on this bypass road in Katraj area.