Overview
- The three-truck collision, which occurred Friday around 5:05 pm near Borghat after the Missing Link tunnel, overturned the vehicles and left three people dead, while injured drivers Veer Balram and Zeeshan Ali were rushed to Khopoli Rural Hospital.
- Deputy SP Vishal Nehul said brake failure is the most probable cause on the slope where the first truck hit two others, and police have opened an investigation.
- Paint containers and industrial powder spilled across all four lanes, slowing every Mumbai-bound lane and trapping motorists in kilometre-long queues for hours.
- Highway police, IRB patrols, and local rescue groups reached within minutes and cleared wreckage and hazardous material before traffic reopened later in the evening.
- During the jam, a private bus crashed into cars stuck in the queue, causing minor injuries and leading to the driver’s detention for questioning.