Archive · 2 Nov 2025
Father-Son Killed, One Injured in Palghar Truck-Auto-Motorcycle Collision
A big truck was driving very fast on the road.
The driver lost control and the truck first hit a small taxi car and then a motorcycle.
Sadly, two people in the taxi car, a father and his son, passed away right away.
The person on the motorcycle was hurt badly and taken to the hospital.
The accident caused a lot of traffic jams.
Police are investigating why the truck driver lost control.
The taxi car was completely smashed.
This happened on a Sunday in Palghar.
A man and his son were killed when a speeding truck hit an autorickshaw and a motorcycle in Palghar district, Maharashtra.
The accident occurred on Sunday in Pelhar, Nalasopara (East).
The truck, traveling from Mumbai to Gujarat, lost control and first collided with the autorickshaw, crushing it, before hitting a motorcycle.
The deceased have been identified as Sajad Usmani and his son Atif Usmani, who were traveling in the autorickshaw.
A motorcyclist sustained serious injuries and was hospitalized, while traffic was disrupted for some time following the incident.
- Who
- A father (Sajad Usmani) and his son (Atif Usmani), and a motorcyclist
- What
- A speeding truck collided with an autorickshaw and a motorcycle, resulting in the death of the father and son and serious injury to the motorcyclist.
- When
- Sunday
- Where
- Pelhar, Nalasopara (East), Palghar district, Maharashtra
- Why
- The truck driver reportedly lost control of the wheels.
- Location
- Pelhar, Nalasopara (East), Palghar, Maharashtra
- Date
- Sunday
- Vehicles Involved
- Speeding truck, autorickshaw, motorcycle
- Fatalities
- Father (Sajad Usmani) and son (Atif Usmani)
- Injuries
- One motorcyclist seriously injured
- Truck's Direction
- Mumbai towards Gujarat
