Following the impact of the extreme hit, the car caught fire killing one of the two passengers, who was stuck inside the car.
Two youths died in a freak accident in Byculla area during wee hours of Sunday after the car, in which they were travelling, collided with Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation's (BMC) automatic sweeping machine. Following the impact of the extreme hit, the car caught fire killing one of the two passengers, who was stuck inside the car.
The deceased have been identified as Sagar Gaikwad and Sachin Jhagad. Both are resident of Kalyan.
According to the Kalachowky Police, the victims were heading towards South Mumbai in a Tata Hexa car. Upon reaching the Rani Baug area at around 4 am, their car hit the machine during an ongoing cleaning work.
The police said the car was running at a speed of 120 kilometres per hour at the time of collision. Due to the hit, the left door of the car got jammed. While attempting to rescue Gaikwad and Jhagad, passersby managed to get Sagar out of the vehicle and rushed him to the hospital. However, he was declared dead on arrival.
"Jhagad was sitting on the front seat, besides the driver seat, and was stuck in the car. As Gaikwad was rushed to the hospital and the passersby were attempting to pull out Jhagad, the car caught fire and he died on the spot. The fire brigade was immediately informed and reached the spot but could not save Jhagad," said a police officer.
"The car was overspeeding such that they could not even judge the sweeping vehicle and rammed it from behind. Due to the impact of the hit, the doors of the car were jammed. We have registered an FIR in the matter," said Dilip Ugale, senior police inspector of Kalachowky Police Station.
HARD HIT
- The police said the car was running at a speed of 120 kilometres per hour
- The car hit an operational cleaning machine of the BMC
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