Rajashree Munde, the wife of Maharashtra cabinet minister Dhananjay Munde, escaped unhurt after her car hit a private bus on Solapur-Pune road on the Pune-Solapur highway on Thursday. The accident took place at around 5 am near Sortapwadi on the highway.
As the speed of the private bus reduced, the car hit the bus from the rear side. Munde escaped unhurt in the accident, the official said.
NCP leader Dhananjay Munde holds charge of the state agriculture department.
Sanjay Rathod's Car Crashed Into Pickup Van
Recently, Maharashtra minister Sanjay Rathod's car crashed into a pickup van in the state's Yavatmal district in the early hours of Friday, injuring the driver of the second vehicle, an official said.
The minister escaped without injuries as the airbags of his car deployed during the accident around 2 am at Kopra village near Digras under the jurisdiction of the Arni police station, he said. The state minister of soil and water conservation was going towards Yavatmal from Poharadevi in neighbouring Washim district after reviewing the preparations ahead of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s visit to the area.
Rathod had said one of the cars in his convoy was involved in the accident and he was sitting in a different vehicle. The minister said he promptly sent the injured pickup driver to the hospital for treatment.
Earlier this year, Union Minister Ramdas Athawale's car met with an accident on Thursday inside the Khambatki tunnel on the Satara-Mumbai highway in Maharashtra due to a pile-up of vehicles.
The minister and his wife did not suffer any injuries in the incident. According to an eyewitness, his car hit a container after the container took a sudden brake. The officer further stated that the Dalit leader, who heads the Republican Party of India (Athawale), was returning to Mumbai after attending a programme in Panchgani in Satara district at the time.