8 Injured As Trax Jeep Carrying Family Crashes Into Stationary Truck On Mumbai–Nashik Highway

A Trax jeep carrying 10 family members crashed into a stationary truck on the Mumbai–Nashik Highway near Pogaon.

The family was returning from Mumbai's Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International Airport after seeing off relatives traveling to Saudi Arabia for Umrah.

The accident occurred around night with light drizzle; the driver attempted to overtake a vehicle but hit a parked truck.

Eight people were injured, and of those, four remain in critical condition.

Police and local residents rescued the occupants and shifted them to Indira Gandhi Hospital in Bhiwandi.