Cyrus Mistry death: Probe reveals car accident was due to overspeeding

Preliminary investigation has revealed that the road accident on the Mumbai-Ahmedabad national highway that led to the death of former Tata Group Chairman Cyrus Mistry occurred due to overspeeding.

Preliminary investigation has revealed that the road accident on the Mumbai-Ahmedabad national highway that led to the death of former Tata Group Chairman Cyrus Mistry on September 4 occurred due to overspeeding.

Maharashtra’s Palghar SP Balasaheb Patil said, "Investigations are on. On the basis of preliminary technical reports, we can say that the car being driven was above the speed limit. The speed of the car must have been around 100 kmph. It was 89 kmph when it crashed. We are working with the authorities to improve the condition of the road."

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Officials said the speed limit had been fixed at 40 kmph considering the high vehicle flow on the stretch. Also, the road gets divided at the Surya River bridge, they said.

In a meeting held on Monday, SP Patil met officials of the National Highways Authority (NHAI), the Highway Maintenance Contractor, and the Public Works Department. In the meeting, it was decided that ambulances should be available at four different places on the highway so that the injured can be rushed to the hospitals for treatment.

"In order to avoid accidents in the said accident-prone area, we have suggested putting up notice boards, stopping of unauthorised road-cutting, putting up of rumbler strips to reduce the speed of vehicles, new cat eyes, new delineators and blinkers, filling up of potholes on the highway to help motorists to predict the road. The National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) has been ordered to complete the tasks within three weeks," Patil said.

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