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Pune Ghat Crash Kills Two as Separate Mumbai Bus Hits Metro Pillar, Eight Hurt

Police detained the PMPML driver for testing, with the Andheri case confirming the private driver was drunk.

Overview

  • Ambegaon police said a PMPML bus travelling downhill on Old Katraj Ghat around 8:40 am rear‑ended a motorcycle near Bhilarewadi, throwing three riders off the vehicle.
  • Akash Ramdas Gogawale, 29, and Anushka Prakash Wadkar, 27, died on the spot, while 20‑year‑old Neha Kailas Gogawale was critically injured and taken to Bharati Hospital.
  • The bus driver, identified as Sudhir Dilip Konde, 42, was detained and sent for a medical examination as police register an FIR, record eyewitness statements, and send the bodies to Sassoon General Hospital.
  • Traffic on the winding ghat stretch was briefly disrupted as senior officers conducted a spot panchnama and collected evidence to establish the sequence of events.
  • In a separate incident on Sunday in Andheri East, a privately booked bus struck a metro pillar, injuring eight, and police said driver Dilipkumar Chavan was arrested after a medical test confirmed intoxication.