Pune-Solapur Highway: Driver Dies of Heart Attack, Car Overturns; Two Women Injured
Uruli Kanchan, 16th October 2026: A 30-year-old driver died after suffering a suspected heart attack while driving on the Pune-Solapur highway near Uruli Kanchan on Wednesday morning. The car subsequently crashed into an electricity pole and overturned, injuring two women who were travelling with him after taking a lift.
The deceased was identified as Pramod Prakash Mahant, a resident of Akkalkot in Solapur district. One of the injured women, aged 41, lodged a complaint with the Uruli Kanchan police.
According to police, the two women work at a private company in Daund taluka and regularly travel from Uruli Kanchan using public transport or by accepting lifts from motorists.
At around 7 am on Wednesday, the women got into Mahant’s car. During the journey, he reportedly asked them whether there was a pharmacy along the route, as he wanted to purchase tablets.
A short while later, the woman who filed the complaint noticed that Mahant’s head had drooped over the steering wheel. The car then veered towards the left, struck an electricity pole and overturned before coming to rest on its wheels.
Local residents rushed the three occupants to a nearby hospital, where doctors declared Mahant dead. His death is suspected to have resulted from a heart attack.
The other passenger suffered head injuries and required 17 stitches, police said.
The Uruli Kanchan police have registered a case related to causing death by negligence. Further details about the incident were not immediately available.
