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On the Ahmedabad-Mumbai highway (NH-98) on Sunday, Cyrus’s car was running at a speed of 100 kmph just before the accident when it hit the divider. Mercedes company has given this information after investigating Cyrus’s car. The company has said in its report that doctor Anayata Pandole applied the brakes 5 seconds before the car collided, due to which the speed of the car came down to 89 KMPH.
For a detailed examination of the car, an expert team of Mercedes will come from Hong Kong, which will submit its report on 12 September. Earlier, the forensic team of IIT Kharagpur had blamed poor design of the Surya river bridge on the highway for the accident. At the same time, in the initial investigation, the police had told the mistake of judgment during over speeding and overtaking as the reason for the collision.
From Sunday to Friday, that is, in a total of 6 days, three theories have come to the fore regarding the cause of the accident. The reasons for car accidents can be understood through the graphic below…
Before reading the news further, know about the accident
Former Tata Group chairman Cyrus Mistry died in an accident on the Ahmedabad-Mumbai highway on Sunday. His Mercedes GLC 220 car collided with the divider on the bridge over the Surya river on the highway. They were returning from Udvada Parsi temple in Gujarat. Mistry (54) and his friend Jehangir Pandole (49) lost their lives in the accident, while Dr. Anayata Pandole, who was driving the car, and her husband Daryas Pandole were injured.
Cyrus Mistry (left in the red circle) died on the spot after the accident, while Dr Anayata Mandole (right) who was driving the car was injured.
Speed Limit 90 KMPH on Ahmedabad-Mumbai Highway
The speed limit for trains on NH-98 is 90 KMPH, while the speed limit is directed to 40 KMPH before the bridge over Surya River. On the question of speed violation of Cyrus’ car and action on it, the SP of Palghar has said to wait till the detailed report comes.
Mercedes covered the distance of 20 KM in 9 minutes
The police have also got the last CCTV footage of the luxury car in which Cyrus Mistry was in. A Mercedes car numbered MH-47-AB-6705 had crossed the Charauti check post at 2:21 pm on Sunday. The car accident happened on the bridge of Surya river at 2.30 pm, 20 KM away from here. Mercedes car covered this distance of 20 KM in just 9 minutes.
Cyrus’s car crossed from Charauti check post at 2.21 pm on Sunday afternoon, 20 KM away at 2.30 pm on the bridge of Surya river.
An eyewitness also told that the car was at a very high speed. A woman was driving him. The car collided with the divider while overtaking on the bridge of Surya river. The local people had first evacuated people from the car. Click here to read the news related to the circumstances of the accident…
Forensic team report – there was a flaw in the design of the bridge
The 7-member forensic team of IIT Kharagpur, who arrived to investigate the accident, after examining the details of the car, said that due to the faulty design of the bridge of the Surya river on the Mumbai-Ahmedabad highway, the former Tata Group Chairman Cyrus Mistry’s car met with an accident.
Cyrus Mistry’s Mercedes car collided with this road divider (in the red circle) on the Surya river bridge on the Ahmedabad-Mumbai highway.
According to the report of the forensic team, the condition of the car and the internal injuries at the time of postmortem of Mistry show that the car was traveling at a very high speed. Team members said that we have a solid report that both the people sitting in the back seat (Cyrus and Jehangir) were not wearing seat belts. Click here to read the detailed report of the forensic team.
Mercedes data chip sent to Germany for decoding
Police say that Mercedes claims to have taken all its vehicles out of the plant only after proper testing. Therefore, the company has been asked that what is the report of the collision impact in the test and investigation conducted by the manufacturer… and was there any mechanical fault in the car? These questions have also been raised by the police because Mercedes’ GLC 220 has got a 5 star safety rating in the Global NCAP test.
The police had informed the Mercedes company about the accident soon after the car accident. After this the company told Palghar police that the data recorder chip installed in the car would be sent to Germany for decoding. Decoding it will give complete information about the SUV. Read, how can get complete information about the accident from the black box of the car …
Highway will be audited, 9 black spots were found in 2013
Palghar Collector Govind Bodke told that the team of the district administration along with the team of the Ministry of Highways will audit the NH-98 on September 14. This will enable detection of technical faults in the design of the highway. In 2013, 9 black spots i.e. accident prone areas were found on this highway. Now preparations are also being made to install sign boards on the black spots of this highway.
It is important that road users take all possible precautions… Know from the graphic below and keep in mind how seat belts can save our lives in times of accidents…
