Seven members of a family travelling in a car from Nalasopara to Bhilad, Gujarat met with an accident on the Mumbai-Ahmedabad Highway near Kasa in Palghar district around 1 pm on Sunday. Three of the occupants died while the remaining have sustained severe injuries and are undergoing treatment at a private hospital in Vapi. This is the first fatal accident of the year on the highway where industrialist Cyrus Mistry died in a mishap four months ago.
 
An eye witness told mid-day, “The car was in the middle lane of the highway, just behind a contained truck. The driver of the vehicle tried to overtake the truck from the left side, however, there was another container truck which he could not see. As he speeded to overtake, he rammed into the other truck from behind. Three of the passengers died on the spot.”