Pune bridge pile-up accident caused by truck hitting multiple vehicles after driver switched off engine on slope: Police
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Pune bridge pile-up accident caused by truck hitting multiple vehicles after driver switched off engine on slope: Police

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At least 24 vehicles were damaged late Sunday evening after the truck lost control on the downward slope of Navale bridge on the Mumbai-Bengaluru highway in Pune Pune: The driver of the truck, which hit several vehicles on Mumbai-Bengaluru highway in Maharashtra’s Pune district and caused a pile-up, had apparently switched off its engine on a bridge slope resulting in the accident, a police official said on Monday. Switching off the engine affects the vehicle’s braking ability and this possibly resulted in the truck hitting other vehicles on the bridge slope on Sunday, as per a probe being conducted into the accident by the Regional Transport Office, he said. At least 24 vehicles were damaged late Sunday evening after the truck lost control on the downward slope of Navale bridge on the Mumbai-Bengaluru highway in Pune. Assistant Commissioner of Police Sunil Pawar said, “The probe by the RTO indicates that the truck driver might have switched off the engine by turning off the ignition while on the slope.

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