Archive · 25 Aug 2026
Car Gets Stuck in Wet Cement, Causing Pune Highway Jam
A car in Pune drove onto a road where workers had just poured wet cement.
The cement was being used to build a side slab.
The driver may have thought the service road was open.
The car sank into the soft cement and became stuck.
Workers tried to pull it out.
Traffic behind the car then moved very slowly.
This created a major traffic jam near Pashan.
The incident shows why road work areas need clear barriers and warning signs.
A car became stuck in freshly poured wet cement near Pashan, Pune, on Tuesday.
The incident occurred on the Katraj-Dehu Road bypass section of the Mumbai-Bengaluru Highway.
The driver apparently entered a service road to avoid traffic on the main carriageway.
Workers tried to remove the vehicle while the cement had not yet set.
The stuck car caused heavy congestion as vehicles behind it could not move freely.
- Who
- A car driver, road workers, and motorists using the highway were involved.
- What
- A car became stuck in freshly poured wet cement, causing heavy traffic congestion.
- When
- The incident took place on Tuesday.
- Where
- Opposite Kumar Papillon on the Katraj-Dehu Road bypass near Pashan, Pune.
- Why
- The driver apparently entered a service road to avoid traffic, not realizing that wet cement had been laid there.
- Location
- Katraj-Dehu Road bypass near Pashan, Pune
- Highway
- Mumbai-Bengaluru Highway, part of NH 48
- Incident
- A car became stuck in freshly poured wet cement
- Road work
- Workers had poured cement to build a side slab
- Traffic impact
- Vehicles behind the car faced heavy congestion
- Recovery effort
- Workers tried to remove the car before the cement set