Mumbai: Car rams into divider near Bandra BKC bridge, goes up in flames; dramatic video emerges

Mumbai: Car rams into divider near Bandra BKC bridge, goes up in flames; dramatic video emerges

The visuals show the car, rammed into divider, going up in flames as the firefighters try to douse it.

Sherine RajUpdated: Friday, October 28, 2022, 10:42 PM IST
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The car that had rammed into the divider near Kalanagar in Bandra blazes on | FPJ

A car rammed into divider near Kalanagar flyover in the wee hours of October 28 and caught fire. The fire was doused immediately by the fire fighters and cops were present at the site.

The incident occurred around 7 am in the morning. 

The visuals show the car, rammed into divider, going up in flames as the firefighters try to douse it. Another car has a close call when a car passes by a street light seconds before it came down crashing on the road.

According to the Amit Tiwari, assistant police inspector of Kherwadi police station, the driver of the car's visibility was affcted due to the smoke eminating from the car and rammed it into a divider at the beginning of Kalanagar flyover.

Tiwari added that the police that were near the accident site rushed to the driver's aid and that he is doing fine.

“As the driver could not see anything clearly in front of him, he rammed the car into a divider at the beginning of the Kalanagar flyover. As soon as the car crashed, the front portion of the car caught fire and the doors of the car got locked. The driver was stuck inside and fortunately, the police were nearby who reached on time and forced the door open and rescued the driver,” said the cop. 

“The car got completely burnt by the end as the firefighters continued to douse off the flames,” added the official. 

Traffic remained unaffected

The traffic police speaking to FPJ said that the vehicle was cleared from the spot after the fire was doused and added that traffic remained unaffected in the adjoining routes which are Bandra-Worli Sea Link and Bandra Kurla Complex.

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