Lonavala Trip Turns Tragic; Two Students Die as Car Crashes into Container on Mumbai-Bengaluru Highway
In a heartbreaking incident early Thursday morning, a fun trip turned into a tragedy, resulting in a fatal Pune highway accident that claimed the lives of two young college students.
The collision occurred around 5:45 AM on the Mumbai-Bengaluru Highway near Eidgah Maidan, close to Dehu Road. According to police, a car carrying four students was returning to Pune after a visit to the hill station of Lonavala when it slammed into a stationary container truck.
Tragically, two students, identified as Siddhant Anand (22) from Jharkhand and Divyaraj Singh Rathod (23) from Rajasthan, were killed instantly in the impact. Both were BBA students at a management College in Pune. The two other students in the car sustained injuries and were rushed to a private hospital for treatment. Their current condition has not been disclosed.
Maharashtra: Two youths, Siddhant Anand (22) and Divyaraj Singh Rathod (23), died while two others were injured in a road accident on the Mumbai–Bengaluru Highway near Dehu Road. The incident occurred when a speeding Swift Dzire car traveling from Mumbai to Pune rammed into a… pic.twitter.com/SXTnbuCm7p
— IANS (@ians_india) September 18, 2025
Initial reports from the Dehu Road police suggest that the accident may have been caused by poor visibility. Preliminary inquiries indicate that the indicator lights on the container truck were not functioning, making it extremely difficult for the car’s driver to see the large vehicle on the road in the early morning hours. The force of the collision left the students’ Swift Dzire car severely mangled.
Police officials from the Dehu Road station responded to the scene and have launched a full investigation to determine the exact sequence of events that led to this devastating accident. The community and the college are mourning the loss of two young lives in this preventable tragedy.
