A bad car crash happened on the Eastern Express Highway. This accident was very serious. Two people died on Monday night. It shows us again that we need to be careful about driving fast and safety on the road. The Eastern Express Highway is one of the roads, in Mumbai. The accident happened near the Vikhroli part of the highway. This place is known for people driving fast at night. The Eastern Express Highway is a problem because of people driving too fast especially at night when it is late.
The Mumbai Police said that the accident happened around 11:45 pm. A sedan was going to South Mumbai. It was going fast. The sedan lost control. Hit a concrete divider. Then it turned over times. The crash was very bad. The front of the sedan was completely damaged. The people, inside the sedan were stuck. The accident was very severe. The Mumbai Police are talking about the sedan accident. The sedan was going to South Mumbai when this happened.
People who were walking by and other drivers quickly called for help. The police and ambulances got to the scene fast. The fire department also came to help cut open the car and get the people out. Even though they worked fast to rescue the people in the car both people in the vehicle were dead when they got to the hospital that was close, by.
The police think that going fast was the main reason, for the accident. They found skid marks on the road which means the driver of the vehicle tried to brake hard or turn quickly before they lost control of the vehicle. The police are also trying to figure out if the driver had been drinking alcohol before the accident happened so they have sent the drivers blood samples to a lab to check.
The people who died have not been officially named yet. The police say they were both around twenty nine years old. The police think that one of the people who died was driving the car and the other person who died was sitting in the seat next, to the driver. The car crash did not involve any cars and nobody who was walking by was hurt.
The Eastern Express Highway had a problem because of the accident. It made a lot of trouble for people driving on the Eastern Express Highway for an hour. The police blocked one lane of the Eastern Express Highway so they could help people and remove the broken things from the accident. They had to send cars a way, which made a lot of cars line up and wait. This made it very late, for people who were driving home at night and for trucks that were carrying goods on the Eastern Express Highway.
People who live around here and those who use the highway a lot are worried about how people drive on the highway. There are signs that say what the speed limit is and cameras to watch the traffic. People still drive too fast. This happens a lot when there are not cars on the road like during the night or early morning. The highway is not safe because of this. Many people want the police to keep an eye on the highway and give tickets to people who drive too fast especially in areas where accidents happen a lot. The people want this to happen so that the highway can be a place, for everyone who uses it especially the local residents and frequent commuters who drive on the highway every day.
A senior traffic police official said that they do night patrols and check the speed of cars, on the Eastern Express Highway all the time.. People are still driving badly and that is very dangerous. The official said: “We want people to drive safely and not go fast. Driving recklessly can be very bad because it can cause a lot of harm. The Eastern Express Highway is a place where people need to be careful when driving. If you drive badly on the Eastern Express Highway, a moment of fun can cause something bad to happen that you can not fix. The official wants people to remember that the Eastern Express Highway is a road where they need to follow the rules and drive safely.
The thing that happened has started people talking about road safety in Mumbai again. You see Mumbai has roads that go really fast and they go through areas where a lot of people live. People who know about road safety say that we need to do a things to make the roads safer. We need to have lights on the road make the roads better slow down the speed of the cars and tell people more about road safety. Road safety, in Mumbai is a deal and we need to make sure people are safe when they are walking or driving on the roads of Mumbai.
Police have registered an accidental death report (ADR) and are continuing further investigation. CCTV footage from nearby cameras is being reviewed to reconstruct the sequence of events. Authorities have appealed to drivers to exercise caution, especially at night, and to remember that speed not only endangers their own lives but also those of others on the road.
