Mumbai's coastal road tunnel witnessed its first accident on Thursday (April 4). After the accident, a small traffic jam was seen inside the Coastal Road tunnel.
Visuals of the car that met with the accident was accessed by the Free Press Journal.
The video shows a black Toyota Corolla Altis car gone haywire and the front side of the car damaged due to the impact.
A commuter said that the jam was also caused because the damaged car was being carried to the opposite direction rather than the exit route.
Video of the accident below
The coastal road was inaugurated three weeks back. The coastal road is seen as an important landmark in terms of infrastructure development in Mumbai.
Here's a timeline of the accident that took place in the tunnel
· At 12:37 PM, a black color Toyota Vehicle hit the Toyota Corolla Altis car near Cross Passage-05.
· While live monitoring of CCTV cameras inside the Priyadarshani Park Control room it was found that there was some issue inside the Tunnel and vehicles were stopping near CP-5 around 12:42 PM.
· One person called from the nearest Emergency Call Box (ECB) around 12:43 pm saying that there is was a car accident that happened in the Tunnel near CP-5.
· The Operator at Local Operation Maintenance Room ( LOMR) received the call and immediately checked the Incident in the CCTV camera and informed the respective department.
· The rescue team along with marshals immediately gathered at the incident place and informed to the towing van at 12:46 PM
· The towing van reached the location at 12:54 PM.
· The Marshals controlled the traffic and cleared 2 lanes immediately for the vehicle movement to avoid any jam inside the Tunnel.
· As per driver’s statement it was found that the Car steering was loose due to which caused the accident unfortunately.
· The driver and another person sitting in the rear seat were safe and faced no injury.
· The driver Said that the speed of the vehicle was around 60KM/Hr. while the incident happened.
· The Towing vehicle rescued the Car out from the Tunnel at 01:29 PM.
· The CAR was found heavily damaged.
· The traffic inside Tunnel was made fully operational at 1:30 PM.
· Due to accident the oil slippage happened inside the Tunnel, which team has cleared.
· The TMCS Systems like ECB, CCTV, LOMR Control room were functional.
(With inputs from Rucha Kanolkar)
