India, Aug. 8 -- A 35-year-old local Congress leader from Pimpri-Chinchwad was killed, and six others were injured after a speeding SUV rammed into the rear of a mini truck on the Pune-Mumbai Expressway's Missing Link early on Friday, marking the first fatal accident on the newly opened stretch.

The accident occurred around 1.20 am inside a tunnel on the 13-km Missing Link between kilometre markers 11 and 12 near Khandala in Maval tehsil. The stretch was inaugurated on May 1 by chief minister Devendra Fadnavis.

According to Pune Rural Police, a Toyota Fortuner, allegedly driven by Amit Talaram Bhati, a resident of Wakad, was travelling at high speed when it crashed into the rear of a mini truck carrying vegetables. The impact caused bot...