MUMBAI: Barely six days after a car caught fire inside the Coastal Road tunnel causing panic among motorists, a speeding Porsche crashed into the central divider of the stretch on Sunday morning before ploughing into another car. The impact of the crash was so intense that the luxury car crossed into the opposite carriageway and smashed into a barricade, injuring a minor girl.
The driver of the Porsche, identified as Vijay Pandey, escaped with minor injuries after the vehicle’s airbags deployed upon impact. The Gamdevi police officers have booked him for rash and dangerous driving, sent him for a blood test to ascertain whether he was under the influence of alcohol, and are trying to trace the owner of the Porsche.
According to the officers, the accident took place around 8.30am on the northbound carriageway of the Coastal Road, near Breach Candy Hospital. Investigators said the black Porsche was allegedly travelling at high speed when the driver lost control and rammed into the central divider.
The impact caused the Porsche to hit an Ertiga from behind before it jumped across the divider onto the southbound carriageway and crashed into a roadside barricade, where it finally came to a halt. The luxury car sustained extensive damage in the crash.
