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A speeding high-end Lamborghini car rammed into the divider of the Coastal Road successful Mumbai, officials said connected Monday (September 22, 2025).
The sports car operator escaped unhurt successful the incident, which occurred connected Sunday (September 21, 2025) morning, an authoritative said.
A video of the incidental aboriginal surfaced connected assorted societal media platforms.
Prima facie, the constabulary fishy that the bedewed roadworthy led to the accident, arsenic determination was a downpour successful the city, though immoderate retired RTO officials besides pointed to the anticipation of hydroplaning oregon aquaplaning.
The 52-year-old driver, Atish Shah, mislaid power of the wheels, and arsenic a result, the car skidded connected the roadworthy and rammed into the divider, helium said.
Shah, who stays astatine Nepean Sea Road, was going to Colaba successful southbound Mumbai. The beforehand broadside of the car was damaged successful the accident.
The damaged car was aboriginal towed distant from the road, the authoritative said.
The Worli constabulary person asked the Regional Transport Office (RTO) to analyse the car for immoderate method fault, helium said.
The constabulary registered a lawsuit against Shah nether applicable sections for rash driving, the authoritative said.
Raymond Ltd. Chairman and Managing Director Gautam Singhania, who is passionate astir cars, shared the video of the mishap connected his X grip connected Sunday (September 21, 2025) and expressed interest implicit it.
“Another day, different Lamborghini mishap. This clip connected Mumbai’s Coastal Road. Do these cars adjacent person traction? From catching occurrence to losing grip - what’s going connected with Lamborghini?” helium wrote.
Retired RTO officials said the Lamborghini mightiness person skidded owed to hydroplaning (or aquaplaning) effect.
The driver’s overconfidence, roadworthy engineering, and tyre information could beryllium different contributing factors, they said based connected the video being circulated connected societal media platforms.
“Human error, overconfidence, and driving a speeding car successful rainy conditions with waterlogging tin origin the tyres to suffer interaction with the road, a improvement known arsenic hydroplaning. Roads should beryllium designed to forestall h2o accumulation. Water should drain retired immediately,” a retired RTO serviceman said.
Road engineering indispensable guarantee that h2o is cleared from the aboveground arsenic rapidly arsenic possible, helium said, adding that waterlogging connected flyovers is peculiarly risky for vehicles.
Another retired RTO serviceman pointed retired that each tyres of the conveyance indispensable beryllium suitable for section roadworthy conditions. “If they are not, the coefficient of friction betwixt the tyres and the roadworthy whitethorn beryllium compromised, which could origin the conveyance to suffer traction and veer disconnected the road,” the authoritative said.
Drivers of specified high-performance vehicles indispensable beryllium alert of these risks arsenic helium oregon she is yet liable for ensuring the conveyance is suited for the conditions, the retired RTO authoritative added.
