Cyrus P. Mistry, industrialist and former chairman of Tata Sons, was killed in a road accident about 150 km from Mumbai on Sunday when the car he was travelling in hit a road divider.
Mr. Mistry, 54, along with three others, was headed towards Mumbai from Gujarat.
Two dead
According to the Kasa police, Mr. Mistry and another person named Jahangir Pandole were killed on the spot when the car ran into a road divider on the Charoti bridge near Kasa village in Maharashtra.
Kasa, close to the Gujarat-Maharashtra boundary and on the Mumbai-Ahmedabad highway, is 43 km from Palghar in Maharashtra and about 150 km from Mumbai.
“The car was coming from Gujarat and was headed towards Mumbai. It overtook a vehicle and directly hit a road divider on the bridge. It was not hit by any other vehicle,” police constable P.C. Shinde of the Kasa police station said over phone.
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“The car was driven by Anahita Pandole and her husband Darius Pandole was in the front passenger seat. Both were injured and were rushed to the Rainbow Hospital in Vapi,” he said.
The accident was reported at 3 p.m., he said.
Dr. Anahita is a gynaecologist attached to Mumbai’s Breach Candy Hospital. Mr. Pandole is a businessman and has served as an independent director at Tata Global Beverages.
The Pandoles are from the same family.
The Mistry family is yet to offer any comment.
