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.