Mumbai–Pune Expressway Tragedy: 25-Year-Old Truck Driver Dies, Cleaner Injured Near Tembhode; Case Registered Posthumously

Navi Mumbai: A 25-year-old truck driver was booked posthumously after he lost control of his vehicle on the Pune–Mumbai Expressway near Tembhode village early Tuesday morning, killing himself and leaving his cleaner with serious injuries.

Driver Identified as Karnataka Resident

Police said the driver, Amjad Ali Abbas Ali Makandar, a resident of Gulbarga, Karnataka, was allegedly driving rashly and negligently when the truck, loaded with sacks of jowar bound for Mumbai, rammed into an iron crash barrier around 6 a.m. and plunged off a bridge.

Cleaner Suffers Severe Injuries

The impact killed Makandar instantly, while his cleaner, Mira Patel Chand Patel (45), also from Gulbarga, suffered multiple fractures and severe injuries to his ribs, arms, and legs. He was rushed to a nearby hospital for treatment. The truck and its jowar cargo were badly damaged in the crash.

Fourth Such Incident in Nine Months

According to police officials, this is the fourth such incident of a truck toppling off the expressway in the last nine months. “The short height of the boundary wall is one of the reasons,” a Khandeshwar police officer said.

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Case Registered Under BNS and Motor Vehicles Act

Following the investigation, a case has been registered against Makandar under the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS) 2023 Sections 106(1) (death by negligence), 12(a), 125(b), 324, and Motor Vehicles Act Section 184 at Khandeshwar police station.

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