Mumbai: Three people were killed and another was critically injured after a BMW crashed on Mumbai’s Coastal Road early Sunday, police said.
The accident occurred around 5:20 a.m. when the luxury car was travelling from Marine Drive towards Haji Ali. According to the Coastal Road Control Room, the driver reportedly lost control of the vehicle near Lotus Jetty, opposite Lala Lajpatrai College.
All four occupants were rushed to the civic-run Nair Hospital following the crash. Three of them were declared dead at the hospital.
Two of the deceased were identified as Shanay Gajjal, 21, and Dhirya Seth, 17. The third deceased, a man believed to be around 25 years old, had not been identified at the time of reporting.
The fourth occupant, an unidentified man believed to be around 20, sustained serious injuries and remains in critical condition in the hospital’s trauma ward.
Mumbai Police have launched an investigation to determine the circumstances surrounding the crash.
The Mumbai Coastal Road is a 10.58-kilometre high-speed corridor connecting Marine Drive in south Mumbai with the Worli end of the Bandra-Worli Sea Link.
