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Porsche Crashes on Western Express Highway as Coastal Road DUI Case Raises Safety Concerns in Mumbai

Police scrutiny of high-speed driving intensifies after twin late-night Mumbai crashes.

Overview

  • Police say a Porsche struck a divider near Jogeshwari around 2 am on the Western Express Highway, leaving two occupants injured and the driver in hospital.
  • Eyewitnesses reported the Porsche was racing a BMW at high speed, a claim later disputed by Mumbai Police as investigators review the sequence of events.
  • Jogeshwari police registered a case under relevant Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita provisions and the Motor Vehicles Act, and are examining crash visuals and on-scene evidence.
  • In a separate incident days earlier, a Maruti Ertiga broke the Worli Coastal Road railing and plunged roughly 30 feet into the Arabian Sea before MSF personnel and a police constable rescued the driver.
  • Worli police booked the Coastal Road driver for rash driving and suspected DUI after a breathalyser indicated alcohol and blood samples were taken; the submerged car was recovered by crane and seized.