Mumbai-Pune Expressway Accident: Speeding Container Overturns Due to Brake Failure; What's the Traffic Situation?
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Mumbai-Pune Expressway: Container Overturns After Brake Failure, Traffic Diverted
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News18•13-03-2026, 11:17
Mumbai-Pune Expressway: Container Overturns After Brake Failure, Traffic Diverted
•A freight container overturned on the Mumbai-Pune Expressway near Amrutanjan Point due to brake failure, blocking Mumbai-bound traffic.
•Two individuals in the container sustained minor injuries; one was admitted to Khopoli Municipal Council Hospital.
•All three Mumbai-bound lanes were blocked, leading to traffic diversion onto the old highway until the container was cleared.
•In a separate incident in Pune's Baner, delivery boy Shivaji Uttamrao Shinde died after a school bus hit a tractor, causing its trolley to fall on his two-wheeler.
•The Baner accident involved a 'Dhruv International' School bus driven by Vikas Gonge, occurring on March 11.