Faulty road engineering led to the fatal crash involving Cyrus Mistry, former head of Tata Group, spokesperson of All India Vahan Chalak Malak Mahasangha Harbans Singh Nanade has alleged. A Mercedes carrying Mistry and three others hit a road divider on the Mumbai-Ahmedabad Highway near the Charoti flyover on Sunday, killing him and another person.

“The width of the southbound lane on Charoti flyover is 10.50 metres, which is narrowed down to 7-metre on the bridge which is built over Surya River. What kind of road engineering is this? The lane is also serpentine and the person behind the wheel cannot see the L-shaped death trap which gynaecologist [Dr Anahita Pandole] dashed into,” said Nanade.