Kota, March 18 (PTI) A road trip to Ladakh ended in tragedy for three friends from Pune, as the car they were travelling in veered off the road and collided against the divider before plunging from a flyover on the Delhi-Mumbai Expressway stretch here on Wednesday, killing all three on the spot.
The deceased — Sidhant Allat (21), Kunal Chordiya (25) and Mayurewa Padle (23), all residents of Pune city in Maharashtra — were returning from their trip to Ladakh and Jammu and Kashmir with seven other friends, when the accident took place around 10.30 am near Balapura village under Kaithoon police station limits.
The 10-member party had left for the trip on February 26, and was travelling in three cars. During the return journey on Wednesday morning, while two other car halted at a rest stop along the expressway, the one carrying the deceased did not, rushing along the homebound trail.
Kaithoon Station House Officer Manoj Sikarwal said the driver apparently dosed off at the wheel, causing the vehicle to veer off the road and crash into the divider, before taking a plunge from the flyover.
The car was blown to pieces upon impact and the three onboard sustained fatal injuries. Rushed to a local hospital, they were declared brought dead, the officer said.
The bodies of the deceased have been sent for post-mortem in the mortuary of Community Health Centre Kaithoon and further investigation in underway, he added. PTI COR ARB ARB
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