Pune: A 33-year-old woman, Samruddhi Deshpande from Shaniwar Peth, died while her husband Yogesh (35) and Putra (9) Congratulations after their car fell to the backwaters from the Panshet Bureau along Jalan Panghet-Velhe, about 45 km from the city, on the city, on Sunday afternoon.
The family has a picnic on August 15.
“One of the front tires of the car exploded when the vehicle was on a narrow road, very close to the water surface of the dam,” Assistant Inspector Manoj Pawar from Police Velhee was told toi.
Yogesh, who drove a car, lost control of the vehicle, which crossed across the street and plunged into the water.
The family had eaten snacks at a roadside restaurant and started driving to Kadve Village when the accident occurred.
Yogesh and his son, who was in the front passenger seat, got out.
But Samruddhi was trapped inside because the back door was stuck quickly.
Some fishermen and three men, who were sitting at the nearest roadside restaurant, jumped into the water, and tried to save Samruddhi.
However, they also failed to open the door.
A man took a few ropes and tied one end to the car pulling hook.
Other people try to pull the car out of the water.
“This is an old hatchback car.
Her husband and three other men tried and failed to open the back door.
The car was flooded and gradually began to sink,” said Pawar.
One of the three saviors then destroyed the windshield of the vehicle and pulled Samruddhi out of the car.
He was taken to the hospital in Panghet, where the doctors examined him and said he died.
On April 2, 2021, a woman from Dhankawdi and her three daughters sank after their car fell to Backwaters Dam Khadakwasla at Kuran Phata at Velhee Taluka.
The family returned to Pune from their home village when the woman’s husband, who drove a vehicle, lost control while negotiating a sharp turn and the car went off the road and fell to the reservoir.
On August 1, 2019, Acollege students died when his colleague was washed away after their car hit the bridge fence and fell to the swollen Indrayani River in Takawe at Maval Taluka, almost 50 km from here, at around 14:35 on Thursday.
The third student in the car managed to swim to a safe place.