Mumbai Man's Narrow Escape With Daughter After Uber Cab Crashes On Highway
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Dhaval Kulkarni has narrated his horror in a long Twitter post, tagging central and state authorities and cab aggregator Uber, hoping that his close shave will prompt safeguards to avoid a repeat.
Each of us has a cab complaint story, ranging from mild inconvenience to plain horror. But a Mumbai-based author and his 11-year-old daughter lived a nightmare this Sunday after they took an app-based cab for a Pune-Mumbai drive and narrowly escaped death. *The Accident*My 11-year-old daughter and I had a near death experience on the Mumbai- Pune express highway on November 19 (Sunday).This is our account and I hope that @nitin_gadkari@CMOMaharashtra@Devendra_Office@TransportofMAHA and @Uber@Uber_Support shall take the… pic.twitter.com/wIOmgHDiWq The AftermathThe truck driver fled without checking on us.We got out of the car and walked to the edge of the road to take stock. My daughter had a bruise on her right leg. She saw that I was in tremendous pain and kept calm for she knew that her panic would add to my woes.… pic.twitter.com/n6jTARUWCv The RescueWith no help forthcoming, I called up Shri Ravinder Singal, IPS and Additional Director General of Police (Traffic) (@ravindersingal), and managed to convey the situation to him. Soon after, I received a call from Tanaji Chikhale, the SP and a team including PSI Anil…
Dhaval Kulkarni has narrated his horror in a long Twitter post, tagging central and state authorities and cab aggregator Uber, hoping that his close shave will prompt safeguards to avoid a repeat.
Mr Kulkarni has said he was in Pune on Saturday to pick up his daughter and the two had a plan to return the next day. Their train tickets were on the waitlist, and the author eventually decided to travel by road.