Pune: Two Dead, Four Seriously Injured As Car Falls Into Gorge on Manchar-Bhimashankar Road
Pune, 29th October 2026: Two people were killed and four others seriously injured after an Eeco car plunged into a nearly 300-foot-deep gorge at Pokhari Ghat on the Manchar-Bhimashankar road in Ambegaon taluka on Wednesday (October 28).
The vehicle (MH-14-KW-2091) was travelling from Ghodegaon towards Bhimashankar with local residents from the tribal belt when the driver lost control at Pokhari Ghat, causing it to fall into the gorge.
The deceased have been identified as Dnyaneshwar Govind Gawari (41), a resident of Dhagewadi, and an unidentified woman. Both died on the spot.
The injured have been identified as Kanchan Sandip Kengale (35), a resident of Jambhori-Nandurkichiwadi in Ambegaon taluka; Yogesh Devaram Bhange (26), a resident of Tambe in Junnar taluka; Shivaji Maruti Damse (60), a resident of Kondhwal in Ambegaon taluka; and Subhadra Pramod Kengale (40), a resident of Jambhori in Ambegaon taluka.
Assistant police inspector Sagar Pawar of Ghodegaon police station said a police team rushed to the spot after receiving information about the accident and launched a rescue operation. The injured were seriously hurt in the crash.
Further details about the accident are awaited.
