7 killed as car gets crushed between 2 trucks near Navale bridge in Pune

Several videos of the accident surfaced on the internet showing the car engulfed in huge flame.

Seven people were killed after a car got crushed between two container trucks that caught fire on a bridge along the Mumbai-Bengaluru Highway on the outskirts of Pune city on Thursday.

Five persons were killed after multiple vehicles collided near Pune.(HT)

Officials said eight to ten people were also injured in the accident on the Navale Bridge. The accident occurred when a container truck lost control and rammed into multiple vehicles near Navale Bridge on the Pune-Bengaluru Highway.

"A heavy container truck was going towards Mumbai on the highway. When it reached the bridge, its driver lost control over it due to a suspected brake failure. This large vehicle then hit another big container moving ahead. However, a car running between these two containers got crushed," Deputy Commissioner of Police (Zone 1) Sambhaji Kadam said.

The accident triggered a huge fire and the vehicles got engulfed in it. Several videos of the accident surfaced on the internet showing the car engulfed in huge flame.

City Commissioner of Police Amitesh Kumar, who visited the spot, said, "The fire erupted due to the impact of the collision."

"We are probing how the accident happened. Currently, our priority is to ensure that the injured people receive immediate treatment in the hospital," an official said.

The authorities have started pulling out bodies out from the vehicles, while the injured were rushed to a hospital.