Navi Mumbai: Accidents continue to occur regularly along the 9-km-long Palm Beach Road that connects Belapur and Vashi in Navi Mumbai.

On Wednesday, a truck fell into a trench at the Nerul end of Palm Beach Road, making for quite an unusual sight. The trench had been dug to fix a new water pipeline. It is still not clear how the truck (MH06-C-6200) landed almost vertically in the ditch.

Sanpada end of the road, leaving the driver injured. Zonal deputy commissioner of police Amar Jadhav told that most accidents in this stretch occur due to over-speeding. “The traffic police has started using speed guns to fine motorists who cross the 60 kmph limit on Palm Beach Road but I find that vehicles are still zooming at over 80 kmph on this six-lane road,” he said.

In 2005, there were over 45 accidents on the road and 10 fatalities, and the next year there were over 50 accidents and 11 deaths. This year, there have been seven road deaths.

Source : TOI (epaper)

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