Overview
- India Today reports eight people were killed and 15 seriously injured when a goods truck hit multiple vehicles on the Bengaluru–Mumbai highway in Pune.
- Officials said the truck’s brakes reportedly failed, causing the driver to lose control and strike six vehicles before fires engulfed several of them.
- Firefighters deployed multiple tenders and extinguished the blaze as rescue teams pulled victims from charred, mangled vehicles.
- Police reached the scene, dispersed onlookers to aid operations, detained a truck driver, and opened a case to determine the exact cause.
- Traffic along the Navale Bridge stretch was severely choked as crews cleared debris, and officials cautioned the death toll could rise.