India, March 19 -- Three people were killed and five others were injured after a speeding container trailer lost control and caused a multi-vehicle collision on the Mumbai-Pune Expressway on Wednesday morning.

According to the police, the accident took place around 9.40 am on the Mumbai-bound lane near Adoshi village in Khalapur taluka. The trailer was travelling from Pune towards Mumbai when the driver allegedly lost control at high speed.

"The container first rammed into a Tata Tigor car, owned by the complainant Swapnil Namdev Bhujbal, 36, a resident of Talegaon Dhamdhere in Pune district, from behind, then hit a Tata Punch before overturning onto a Toyota Innova. It subsequently crashed into a stationary cement bulker, resulting in ...