Cyrus Mistry, co-passenger killed in car crash did not wear seat belts: Police

Former Tata Sons chairman Cyrus Mistry and a copassenger killed in a car crash were not wearing seat belts as per a preliminary probe and overspeeding and the error of judgement by the driver caused the accident a police official saidPrima facie the luxury car was speeding when the accident took place on Sunday afternoon he saidThe Mercedes car covered a distance of 20 km in just nine minutes after crossing the Charoti check post in Maharashtras Palghar district 120 km away from Mumbai the official said on Sunday nightAlso read Place where Cyrus Mistryrsquos car crashed is an accident blackspotThe car hit a road divider on a bridge over the Surya river killing Mistry 54 and Jahangir Pandole on the spotMistry was returning to Mumbai from Ahmedabad when the tragedy struck at 230 PMThe car was driven by Mumbaibased gynaecologist Anahita Pandole 55She and her Darius Pandole 60 were seriously injured in the accidentAs per preliminary investigation overspeeding and the error of judgement caused the car accident Both the deceased were not wearing seat belts the official saidWhile analysing the footage captured by CCTV cameras at the Charoti check post Palghar police found the car had crossed the check post at 221 pm and the accident took place 20 km ahead in the direction of Mumbai he saidThis shows the car covered a distance of 20 km from the check post in just nine minutes the official said adding that the accident took place at 230 pm on the Surya river bridgeMistry and Jahangir Pandole were in the back seats Darius Pandole was in the front seat and his wife Anahita Pandole was at the wheel police saidAn eyewitness had said a woman was driving the car and tried to overtake another vehicle from the left side but lost control and crashed into the road dividerThe bodies of Mistry and Jahangir Pandole were sent to the staterun J J Hospital in Mumbai for postmortem the official saidJahangir Pandole was the brother of Darius Pandole a former independent director of the Tata Group of companiesMaharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis who holds the home portfolio has asked police to conduct a detailed investigation into the accidentThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever