Pune: A truck, carrying industrial equipment from Pimpri to Satara, slid down nearly 600m in reverse mode at Bridge Bhumnkar, ran more than three people and hit the car and two SUVs before stopping around 9am on Tuesday.
The Bhumnkar Bridge, is located close to the Navy Bridge, connects the Katraj-Dehu bypass road that is busy with a national highway that goes to Bengaluru through Satara and Kolhapur.
“Narhe residents of Hemant Yashwant Talale (27), Chetan Ramesh Solanki (31), and Nitin Chandrakant Dhaware (29) Shivane, standing under the tree at the end of the Bhumnar Bridge waiting for the elevator from the vehicle when they were hit by a truck,” Assistant Inspector Prashant Kanase from the Police Sinhagad Road told Toi.
The Canase said, “Three deceased is a private company employee in the Shirval Industrial Area in Satara Regency.
They looked at Pune for the elevator.
They barely had a hunch because the truck came from behind and crashed them before slipping further.” Solanki married 15 days ago and had returned to Pune just three days ago, police said.
Previously around 5 in the morning, the truck almost mobilized the bridge when it was out of diesel and stopped.
The driver then applied the air brake and the Indian National Highway Authority (NHAI), past the place, placing a protective barricade around the truck.
“Around 9 o’clock in the morning, the driver and cleaning returned with Diesel, filling the diesel tank fuel and entered the truck cabin to start the vehicle.
At this point, when the driver tries to start the vehicle, the air brake does not work and the heavy vehicle starts to slide quickly Reverse.
The driver cannot control the truck in the absence of brakes, “Kanase said, citing initial investigation.
After running on the observers, the truck went down to hit the Volkswagen polo car, a tavera and Brizza before stopping.
These vehicles are left broken, but the occupants have survived without injury.
It is shaving near for a newly married couple, visiting a temple with their family, in Tavera rented from a travel company.
A software engineer and financial professional friend, which has pushed far from Delhi to Pune on the journey of Mahabaleshwar in a polo car for the new year celebration, survive because of air bags deployed in time.
“The driver and cleaners escaped after the accident left the truck at the accident site,” said Amol Kale Sub-Inspector from Police Road Sinhagad.
“We are looking for them,” he added.