Pune: A 22-year-old pickup van driver was killed on the spot and another person was seriously injured in a three-vehicle collision near Navale Bridge on the Katraj-Dehu Road bypass around 8:05 am on Monday.According to the Narhe police, the accident occurred when a container truck moving towards Mumbai hit the pickup van from behind. The impact caused the van to crash into another truck moving ahead of it, sandwiching the smaller vehicle between the two heavy transporters.The deceased has been identified as Mahadev Uttam Shende (22), while the injured passenger has been identified as Sumit Dattu Kamble (22). Both were residents of Kavkute village in Indapur Taluka. Kamble is currently receiving treatment at a private hospital on Sinhagad Road.Senior inspector Asaram Shete of Narhe police station told TOI, “The duo was travelling from Chennai after picking up a consignment of raw mangoes, which they were supposed to deliver to a trader in Mumbai.”The collision caused significant traffic disruption on the busy bypass. Mumbai-bound vehicular movement from Satara was stalled for nearly an hour as authorities worked to clear the wreckage.“The consignment of mangoes spilled across the road due to the impact. With the assistance of Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC) officials, the fruit and the accident-hit vehicles were moved to the roadside to restore the flow of traffic,” inspector Shete added.
