Two people were killed and four others seriously injured after an Eeco car plunged into a nearly 300-foot-deep gorge at Pokhari Ghat on the Manchar-Bhimashankar road in Pune district on October 28, police said.
The vehicle, bearing registration number MH-14-KW-2091, was travelling from Ghodegaon towards Bhimashankar when the driver lost control at Pokhari Ghat. The car then fell into the gorge, according to the report.
The deceased have been identified as Dnyaneshwar Govind Gawari, 41, a resident of Dhagewadi, and an unidentified woman. Both died at the spot, the report said.
The four injured passengers were identified as Kanchan Sandip Kengale, 35, from Jambhori-Nandurkichiwadi in Ambegaon taluka; Yogesh Devaram Bhange, 26, from Tambe in Junnar taluka; Shivaji Maruti Damse, 60, from Kondhwal in Ambegaon taluka; and Subhadra Pramod Kengale, 40, from Jambhori in Ambegaon taluka.
According to Assistant Police Inspector Sagar Pawar of Ghodegaon police station, a police team rushed to the location after receiving information about the crash and began a rescue operation. The injured passengers sustained serious injuries in the accident.
The passengers were local residents from the tribal belt, and the vehicle was travelling along the road connecting Ghodegaon with Bhimashankar when the crash occurred. The incident has brought a fatal emergency to a ghat section where the vehicle fell a considerable distance from the road.
The identities of all those involved have not been fully established, as one of the deceased remains unidentified. Police have not provided further details on the circumstances that caused the driver to lose control. Additional information about the accident and the rescue operation is awaited.
