Near least 48 vehicles were damaged in a significant accident that occurred at the Navale bridge on the Pune-Bengaluru highway on Sunday evening,.
The Pune Metropolitan Region Development Authority and the Pune Fire Brigade sent rescue teams to the scene. A number of the cars in the enormous pile-up can be seen damaged in images. Siddharth Shirole, a BJP lawmaker from Pune, advised people not to spread any rumours about the incident on Twitter. “Unlucky incident on the Pune-Bengaluru Highway’s Navale Bridge. FireBrigade and PMRDA rescue crews are on the scene and attending to the injured. I ask people not to distribute unverified forwards and not to go to the location and interfere with trained professionals “Leader of the BJP tweeted.
A police official said a truck lost control and hit the car. As the accident took place on the downward slope of the bridge, at around 48 other cars got damaged. The accident occurred either due to suspected brake failure of the truck or the driver lost control.
