Overview
- Police say a container truck likely suffered brake failure on the steep descent after the Katraj tunnel, ramming multiple vehicles and crushing a car between two trucks on Pune’s Navale Bridge.
- Eight people died and more than a dozen were injured, with officials reporting roughly 20 patients under treatment after a fire intensified by CNG, diesel and petrol.
- An FIR for culpable homicide has been registered naming the deceased truck driver Rustam Khan and cleaner Mushtaq Khan, as well as vehicle owner Tahir Khan, under the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita and Motor Vehicles Act.
- Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis announced ₹5 lakh ex-gratia for each victim’s family, while Union minister and Pune MP Murlidhar Mohol inspected the site and announced a Saturday meeting of NHAI, PMC, PMRDA, PWD and traffic police.
- Officials said interim enforcement will include brake and load checks and expanded speed control, with longer-term engineering solutions—such as an elevated corridor—being pushed for the accident-prone ‘black spot’ stretch.