2 killed, 4 injured as speeding car crashes into divider
Two passengers were killed and four were critically injured after their car overturned and crashed into a divider near Anand Nagar in Ghodbunder road in Thane early on Thursday.
The deceased have been identified as Nikhil Suresh Palan, 24, who was a DJ and Chetan Rajendra Chavan, 22, who used to manage events, said a police official.
The injured include Rahul Sitaram Pawar, 24, Santosh Mohan Sanghvi, 24, Ravi Ramdas Bangre, 24, and Ankit Bharat Solanki, 24. All of them work in event management companies.
Nikhil and Chetan were declared dead during treatment in a hospital while the rest four were being operated on for their injuries at Vedant hospital in Thane, said the police.
All the six people were from Wagle estate area in Thane and were drunk at the time of the incident. They were speeding towards Ghodbunder Road from Thane around 2.30 am when they met with the accident, said the police.
“Rahul was at the wheels and was trying to overtake a truck when he lost control of the car. It flipped thrice before crashing onto the divider. A few of us were thrown out of the car due to the impact,” said one of the survivors.
Inspector Nasir Kulkarni from Kasarwadavli police station said, “During the treatment two men died while the others are still critical. We have booked Rahul for rash and drunk driving.”
“Preliminary blood tests confirmed that all of them were drunk,” said senior inspector D Tele from Kasarwadavli police station.