Four killed in accident on Mumbai-Ahmedabad highway

At least four people were killed after a car rammed into a luxury bus on the Mumbai-Ahmedabad highway in Dahanu area of Palghar district, around 140 km from downtown Mumbai.

According to reports reaching here, the car’s driver lost control near the Charoti area and rammed into the luxury bus. The driver and the three passengers in the car died on spot.

The victims were identified as Mohammad Abdul Salam Hafijji (36) (driver), resident of Surat, Ibrahim Dawood (60), Aasiyaben Collector (57) and Ismail Mohommad Desai (42), all residents of Gujarat.

"The driver of the car lost control over the vehicle, smashed into the median cut, came onto the Mumbai-bound lane of Mumbai-Ahmedabad highway, and collided head-on with a luxury bus,” Superintendent of Police Balasaheb Patil.

A case was registered under relevant sections of the Indian Penal Code and the Motor Vehicle Act.

On January 8 this year, three members of a family, including an infant, lost their lives while four others were injured after a car crashed into a truck while trying to overtake it at Charoti.

On September 4 last year, business tycoon Cyrus Mistry, who was a scion of the Shapoorji Pallonji Group and a former chairman of Tata Sons, and his close family friend Jahangir Pandole died in a road accident on the Mumbai-Ahmedabad highway.