Truck hits bus from the rear near Katraj Tunnel
“The deceased truck driver has been identified as Sayyed Abbas Hussain (40) of Belagavi in Karnataka. The police suspect the driver might have lost control on the steep downhill stretch from the New Katraj Tunnel towards Navale Bridge, leading to the crash with the slow-moving bus.
Police said the iron angles pierced the bus on impact, injuring passengers who were later admitted to a private hospital. Following the impact, the bus veered off the road and hit the road median,” an officer said. Senior inspector Sharad Zine of the Ambegaon police said the truck was loaded near Bengaluru.
Both vehicles were heading towards Mumbai from Satara. The truck crashed into the bus with such force that all the window panes of the bus were shattered. The Ambegaon police and officials of National Highways Authority of India cleared the damaged vehicles to the service lane to restore vehicular movement on the stretch.