Four dead in Mumbai-Ahmedabad highway collision

Four persons, including a woman, were killed when their car hit a luxury bus at Charoti on the Mumbai-Ahmedabad national highway at Dahanu in Palghar district early Tuesday.

Preliminary reports said that the car was headed to Gujarat.

At around 3.30am, when the car reached the highway near the Mahalaxmi temple at Charoti, the car driver is believed to have switched lanes.

The car hit the luxury bus. All occupants of the car, including the driver, were killed on the spot. Police said the identities of the victims are being ascertained.

The car hit the luxury bus. All occupants of the car, including the driver, were killed on the spot.

 This is the second accident in and around Charoti this year. On January 8, three members of a Nalasopara family, including an infant were killed, when their car crashed into a container truck near the Mahalaxmi temple.

Former Tata Sons chairman Cyrus Mistry had lost his life in an accident on the highway near Charoti on September 4 last year.