Maharashtra:3 killed, 2 injured as car falls onto moving goods train from bridge

Thane: An official said that three persons including a local RPI functionary killed when their car fell off a bridge onto a moving goods train between Karjat and Panvel railway stations in Maharashtra on Tuesday. 2 others have been injured in this accident.

Republican Party of India chief and Union minister Ramdas Athawale sought a probe into the incident. According to police, the incident happened between 3.30 am and 4 am while the car was on way to Neral on the four-lane Mumbai-Panvel road.

Personnel of Panvel police station said the deceased have been identified as Dharmanand Gaikwad (41) and his cousins Mangesh Jadhav (46) and Niteen Jadhav (48). Mr Gaikwad was an activist of the Republican Party of India (Athawale group) , the official said.

Dr Shivraj Manaspure, chief public relations officer of the Central Railway (CR) said that the freight train was heading from Panvel to Karjat in Raigad district and some of its wagons got decoupled due to the incident.

RPI chief and Union minister Ramdas Athawale condoled the deaths and sought a probe into the incident. The Panvel-Karjat section of the CR was closed due to the accident from 3.43 am to 7.32 am, the said. Only one train — 17317 Hubballi-Dadar Express — was diverted through the Karjat-Kalyan route due to the incident, he added.