Driver killed after tanker skids off road in Kasara ghat

Nashik: The driver of a milk tanker was killed on the spot after his vehicle allegedly skidded off the road and fell on its side in Kasara ghat at 3.30 am on Thursday.

The milk tanker was coming from Chalisgaon in Jalgaon district, on its way towards Mumbai, when the incident occurred in Kasara ghat.

Police have identified the deceased as Shafiq Syed (38), resident of Chalisgaon, and he was accompanied by Mangesh Jadhav (32), a cleaner.

As per the police, the driver lost control at ‘Brake Fail’ point in Kasara Ghat, which has two separate routes—one for coming up towards the ghat from Mumbai side and the other going down the ghat towards Mumbai.

“The driver was caught beneath the truck and killed on the spot. It took some time to rescue him,” assistant sub-inspector Madhav Pawar of highway police said.

Head constable Rahul Gangurde and others who managed the traffic in the ghat said there were no major issues in the traffic as the incident occurred in the early hours.

The officer also pointed out that another vehicle had skidded off on that particular road after an hour of the tanker skidding off. A bus was passing the same point skidded off the road as the driver lost control at about 4.30 am.

Nobody was injured even though the bus driver lost control over the vehicle and it skidded of the road after which the vehicle got stuck in the soil. The passengers in the bus were coming from Uttar Pradesh.