Overview
- The Mercedes is registered to an Agripada businessman, whose 18-year-old granddaughter allegedly took the keys and let her 17-year-old friend drive.
- The crash around 1:45 am inside the south Mumbai Coastal Road tunnel rear-ended an EcoSport and pushed it into a Honda City.
- EcoSport driver Prasanna Mopkar and his mother-in-law suffered minor injuries, while his wife sustained a serious nose injury and was treated at GT Hospital.
- D B Marg police have registered a case against the car owner, his granddaughter and the minor under provisions for rash and negligent driving and the Motor Vehicles Act.
- Preliminary findings say the minor lost control due to high speed, and police continue to investigate the sequence of events.