The accident occurred on Sunday, September 4. The car hit a road divider on a bridge over the Surya river, killing Mistry (54) and Jahangir Pandole on the spot. Both were seated in the back of the car.
Mumbai: Former Tata Sons chairman Cyrus Mistry and a co-passenger killed in a car crash. A police office in a preliminary report said the deceased were not wearing seat belts, and that the crash was a result of over-speeding and “error of judgement” by the driver, a report in The Tribune, Chandigarh, says.
The accident occurred on Sunday, September 4. The car hit a road divider on a bridge over the Surya river, killing Mistry (54) and Jahangir Pandole on the spot. Both were seated in the back of the car.
The Mercedes car covered a distance of 20 km in just nine minutes after crossing the Charoti check post in Maharashtra’s Palghar district, 120 km away from Mumbai, the official said on Sunday night.
The car hit a road divider on a bridge over the Surya river, killing Mistry (54) and Jahangir Pandole on the spot. Mistry was returning to Mumbai from Ahmedabad when the tragedy struck at 2.30 PM.
The car was driven by Mumbai-based gynaecologist Anahita Pandole (55). She and her husband Darius Pandole (60), sitting in the front seats were seriously injured in the accident.
“As per preliminary investigation, over-speeding and the error of judgement caused the car accident. Both the deceased were not wearing seat belts,” the official said.
“While analysing the footage captured by CCTV cameras at the Charoti checkpost, Palghar police found the car had crossed the checkpost at 2.21 pm and the accident took place 20 km ahead (in the direction of Mumbai),” he said.
This shows the car covered a distance of 20 km (from the checkpost) in just nine minutes, the official said, adding that the accident took place at 2.30 pm on the Surya river bridge.
Mistry and Jahangir Pandole were in the back seats. Darius Pandole was in the front seat and his wife Anahita Pandole was at the wheel, police said.
An eye-witness had said a woman was driving the car and tried to overtake another vehicle from the left side, but lost control and crashed into the road divider.
The bodies of Mistry and Jahangir Pandole were sent to the state-run J J Hospital in Mumbai for postmortem, the official said.
Jahangir Pandole was the brother of Darius Pandole, a former independent director of the Tata Group of companies.
Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis, who holds the home portfolio, has asked police to conduct a detailed investigation into the accident.
*********************************************************************
Readers
These are extraordinary times. All of us have to rely on high-impact, trustworthy journalism. And this is especially true of the Indian Diaspora. Members of the Indian community overseas cannot be fed with inaccurate news.
Pravasi Samwad is a venture that has no shareholders. It is the result of an impassioned initiative of a handful of Indian journalists spread around the world. We have taken the small step forward with the pledge to provide news with accuracy, free from political and commercial influence. Our aim is to keep you, our readers, informed about developments at ‘home’ and across the world that affect you.
Please help us to keep our journalism independent and free.
In these difficult times, to run a news website requires finances. While every contribution, big or small, will makes a difference, we request our readers to put us in touch with advertisers worldwide. It will be a great help.
For more information: pravasisamwad00@gmail.com