Nine people were killed and 28 injured when a trailer carrying containers rammed into several cars and crashed into a roadside dhaba on Mumbai-Agra Highway in Dhule district on Tuesday morning. The driver Kanhaiyalal Banjara and cleaner Surpal Singh Rajput were among those who were killed.
The incident happened near Palasner village. A video clip of the accident shows the vehicle being driven at breakneck speed ramming first into a white car. have died in this accident which took place near Palasner village. Some of the injured are reported to be in a critical condition in a local hospital. This is the second major road accident in Maharashtra which has acquired a dubious reputation for mishaps. Last Saturday 25 persons were charred to death when the bus in which they were travelling caught fire on the Samriddhi Marg in Buldhana.
Brakes of the truck failed which led to the accident
According to the police, a 14 -wheeler trailer coming from Indore reached Palasner village in Shirpur taluka on Tuesday when its brake failed and it dashed against several vehicles and a dhaba. During this time the brake of the container reportedly failed and the container entered the hotel blowing the vehicles in front of it. 9 people died and 28 were injured in this accident.
Dhule police said the container had a cargo of stones and the driver was coming at a high speed. Police is checking with the help of experts whether the reason for the accident is brake failure or high speed.
This long vehicle first dashed against a person standing near a truck and blew him high in the air. It later hit a Honda Amaze car in which three people including a woman were sitting. The woman and her three minor children were crushed to death. Her husband is battling for his life in a nearby hospital.
Some of the victims included those waiting for a bus at the stop
After hitting the Honda Amaze car and bus stand, the container vehicle went further towards the village and hit a bike going on the way, in which both the bike riders were injured.
After going some distance, this container blew up 4 to 5 bikes standing outside Parmar dbaha hotel and then rammed into the eatery. Due to the morning time, many people were having tea and breakfast in the hotel, these people were also hurt. also c Container driver Kanhaiyalal Banjara and cleaner Surpal Singh Rajput died on the spot.
Those killed in the accident include Pratap Singh Girane (70), Geeta Pavra (17), Nirmla Pavra (28), Pankaj Pavra (7) , Ritesh Pavra and Sunita Khandelwal.
Part of Container Hits Hotel
An officer of the Dhule police said that the speed of the container was so high that the front part of the container entered the hotel and the rear part overturned. There is a turn on the road where this accident happened, so we feel that the container driver was driving at a high speed, which he could not control.
The injured have been admitted to Kutir Hospital in Shirpur and Medical College in Dhule. The condition of four to five people among the injured is said to be serious.
