Overview
- A loaded container truck reportedly lost control on the Navale Bridge and collided with multiple vehicles, igniting a blaze.
- Police said a car was crushed between two container trucks that caught fire, with reports putting fatalities between five and eight and injuries above ten.
- Traffic toward Mumbai was stopped on the Bengaluru–Mumbai carriageway, with diversions via the old Katraj Ghat route advised by officials.
- Investigators are probing suspected brake failure as the trigger, and some reports say the truck driver was detained.
- Firefighters and ambulances completed rescue and firefighting operations, and widely shared CCTV footage shows the container engulfed in flames.