Pune: Accident in Bopodi on old Pune-Mumbai highway, ST bus collides with car, 1 killed 8 injured
An ST bus rammed into a car and a bike in Bopodi on Sunday morning, killing one and injuring eight
Pune, August 25, 2024: An accident took place in Bopodi on the old Pune-Mumbai highway today morning involving an ST bus, a car and a bike resulting in the tragic death of one woman and injuries to 8 people.
Traffic on the old Pune-Mumbai highway was affected after the accident in Bopodi and Khadki areas.
One person was killed and eight others injured after a Maharashtra State Road Transport Corporation (MSRTC) bus collided with a bike and a car on the old Pune-Mumbai highway in the Bopodi area of Pune on Sunday morning.
“An MSRTC bus rammed into a car and a bike. One person died and eight others sustained injuries. The injuries of two of them are serious. All eight of them are currently being treated at a hospital. Our teams from the local police station responded to the situation,” said Himmat Jadhav, Deputy Commissioner of Police (Zone 4).
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According to the reports, the accident took place in Bopodi in the Khadki area on the old Mumbai-Pune highway at around 9 am on August 25. An ST bus and a car collided head-on. At the time of the accident there were 12 passengers in the ST bus and 7 people in the car. One of the passengers traveling in the car, a woman, tragically died in the accident. According to the information received, the bus driver lost control of the bus, resulting in the bus ramming into a car and a bike.
Citizens rushed to the spot after the accident, helped the injured and informed the police. The police rushed to the spot as soon as they got the information about the incident. After that, the injured in the accident were immediately admitted to Sassoon hospital. Six out of the eight injured are said to be in critical condition. The body of the woman who died in the incident has been sent to Sassoon hospital for postmortem.
This accident was terrible. The front part of the ST bus has been damaged and the car was completely smashed.
