Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar
A truck carrying iron rods overturned after its brakes failed and crashed into a safety wall. Fortunately, three people survived the accident, but the iron rods fell into a 100-foot-deep valley. The incident occurred at 4 am on Thursday at Ajanta Ghat on the Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar-Jalgaon highway.
The truck (MP-9-HG-6294) was transporting iron rods from Jalna to Hadara in Madhya Pradesh on Wednesday night. As it was descending Ajanta Ghat around 4 AM on Thursday, its brakes suddenly failed. The truck collided with the safety wall at a sharp turn and overturned. However, the driver, Soyab Khan (33) along with Sevaj Khan (20) and Golu, all residents of Hadara, miraculously survived. The truck sustained severe damage, and the iron rods plunged into the 100-foot-deep valley.
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Photo Caption - The overturned truck after the accident in Ajanta Ghat.