India, May 16 -- 3 people were killed and several others injured in two back-to-back accidents on the Mumbai-bound carriageway of the Mumbai-Pune Expressway near the newly inaugurated Missing Link section on Friday evening.

According to highway police, the first accident took place around 5.05 pm near Borghat shortly after the Missing Link tunnel stretch. A truck carrying paint material reportedly lost control, allegedly due to brake failure, and crashed into another truck and a container vehicle moving ahead of it.

The impact caused all three heavy vehicles to overturn on the expressway. Police said the truck driver and cleaner died on the spot, while two other drivers sustained serious injuries and were shifted to Khopoli Rural Hospit...