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“Police person detained the operator of a tempo aft its collision with a motortruck successful Maharashtra’s Palghar territory that claimed 13 lives, and registered a First Information Report (FIR) against some drivers for violating roadworthy rules,” officials said connected Tuesday (May 19, 2026).
Palghar District Guardian Minister Ganesh Naik, who visited the mishap tract connected Monday (May 18, 2026) night, said dense postulation connected the Mumbai-Ahmedabad Highway, coupled with the tempo operator taking a wrong-side shortcut successful usurpation of postulation rules, led to the fatal crash.
"This road witnesses dense traffic. There is simply a dire request for greater consciousness regarding postulation regulations and the law. In an unfortunate effort to debar a agelong way and instrumentality a shortcut, the tempo was driven connected the incorrect broadside of the highway, which led to this collision," Mr. Naik told reporters.
“The tempo, packed with 30-40 passengers, was heading for an engagement ceremonial erstwhile it collided with a speeding sand-laden motortruck adjacent Dhaniwari colony nether Dahanu taluka connected the road astatine astir 4 p.m. connected Monday (May 18, 2026), sidesplitting 13 persons and injuring 14 others,” officials said.
A connection from the Palghar District Administration said the tempo was moving connected the incorrect broadside of the Mumbai-Gujarat lane. Upon reaching Dhaniwari village, a motortruck coming from the other absorption mislaid control, and its instrumentality container collided heavy with the near broadside of the tempo. “A motorcycle was besides caught successful the pile-up. The motortruck overturned, and the victims got trapped beneath its cargo,” it said.
“An FIR has been registered against the drivers of some the motortruck and the tempo nether applicable sections of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita and the Motor Vehicles Act,” an authoritative from Kasa constabulary presumption told PTI.
“The 45-year-old tempo operator has been taken into constabulary custody for further investigation. The motortruck driver, who was injured, is presently undergoing attraction astatine a infirmary nether constabulary watch,” the authoritative said.
Palghar Guardian Minister Ganesh Naik visited the mishap tract and besides met the survivors astatine the infirmary precocious connected Monday (May 18, 2026) night. He said the clang occurred owed to postulation regularisation violations and stressed the request for greater consciousness of roadworthy regulations and that this unsafe signifier is rampant connected the route.
On May 1, a dumper collided with a car carrying Palghar BJP MP Hemant Sawra astatine a antithetic determination connected the highway. While Mr. Sawra escaped unhurt, the car operator suffered insignificant injuries.
Mr. Naik said the authorities volition carnivore the afloat aesculapian expenses of each those injured and volition proceed to instrumentality attraction of them adjacent aft they are discharged.
“The 14 injured persons were presently admitted to Vedanta Hospital successful Dahanu. Three of them were successful the Intensive Care Unit (ICU), portion the others were nether reflection and reported to beryllium stable,” Palghar determination catastrophe compartment Subash Bagde said.
“The postmortem examinations were completed, and the bodies were being handed implicit to relatives,” Dahanu Tehsildar Sunil Koli said.
Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis has announced compensation of ₹5 lakh each to the household subordinate of the deceased.
