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Bandra-Worli Sea Link accident: 3 dead, 6 injured in 6-car crash in Mumbai

A speeding Toyota Innova hit multiple vehicles near the Bandra-Wo... Read More
MUMBAI: At least three people, including two women, were killed in a major road accident after a speeding Toyota Innova hit multiple vehicles near the Bandra-Worli Sea Link toll plaza around 10.45pm on Thursday.

Six others suffered injuries and are under treatment. Two of the injured are said to be critical.


Multiple-car crash

At least three persons, including two women, were killed in a freak accident ​on Bandra-Worli Sea Link on Thursday night.

The accident occurred around 10.45pm when the Innova first hit a Mercedes car about 100 metres before the toll booth, which is at the Bandra end of the sea link, on the north-bound lane.

The speeding car was coming from Worli towards Bandra. The officer said that the driver of the Innova tried to escape from the spot and sped away.

As the vehicle reached the toll booth, it rammed into many cars, leaving nine people injured. Later, three of them were declared dead.

Six injured persons, including the driver of the Innova, are being treated. Two of them are in serious condition.

A case is being registered against the driver of the Innova car on the basis of preliminary information and further investigations are under way.



According to reports, the Innova first hit a Mercedes Benz car about 100 metre before the toll booth, which is at the Bandra end of the sea link, on the northbound lane.

“The driver of the Innova tried to escape from the spot and sped away. As the vehicle reached the toll booth, it rammed into many cars, leaving nine people injured. Later, three of them were declared dead,” said Krishnakant Upadhyay, deputy commissioner of police (DCP) - Zone 9, while talking to news agency PTI.

Cops are planning to file a case against the driver of the Innova car on the basis of preliminary information.
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