5 from Nigdi killed in accident at Bhigwan

  • | Saturday | 19th May, 2018

It is quite certain that the SUV driver was speeding.”The SUV trolled a couple of times before hitting the car. “We have been observing that commuters drive vehicles at a very high speed without paying much attention to other factors, including the vehicle condition,” he said. Both the vehicles were completely damaged, the police said.The four occupants of the car suffered minor injuries because of airbags. They are undergoing treatment in a private hospital in Bhigwan. They were residents of the Yamunanagar area in Nigdi .

PUNE: Five persons were killed, while two suffered serious injuries on Friday evening when a speeding sports utility vehicle jumped the road divider and crashed into a car after one of its tyres burst near Dalas village at Bhigwan on Pune-Solapur highway.The Bhigwan police have identified the deceased as Sandeep Prakash Gaikwad (35), his wife, Sheetal (32), son, Abhiraj (5), father, Prakash (67) and mother, Sunita (58). They were residents of the Yamunanagar area in Nigdi . They died on the spot.The identity of the two injured persons is yet to be ascertained. They are undergoing treatment in a private hospital in Bhigwan. The condition of the injured woman is serious, while the man is out of danger.The accident occurred around 5.30pm when the Gaikwad family was returning to Pune from Tuljapur in neighbouring Solapur district, famous for Tuljabhavani temple. The driver of the sports utility vehicle (SUV) lost control over the wheel after the tyre burst.A police officer said, “We strongly suspect that the tyre did not have adequate pressure, and this often leads to disastrous accidents. It is quite certain that the SUV driver was speeding.”The SUV trolled a couple of times before hitting the car. Both the vehicles were completely damaged, the police said.The four occupants of the car suffered minor injuries because of airbags. Its driver also managed to control the speed of the vehicle. They were treated in a private hospital and discharged in the evening.The residents of Dalas village rushed to the spot after the accident and used gas cutter to break open the SUV. The police had to stop vehicular movement on the highway for an hour to carry out the rescue operation.Another police officer said the road condition had improved in the past two years. “We have been observing that commuters drive vehicles at a very high speed without paying much attention to other factors, including the vehicle condition,” he said.

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