Cyrus Mistry Death: Injured Woman Doctor Who Was Driving Car, Husband Likely To Be Shifted To Mumbai Hospital

According to Palghar Police, Mistry was travelling from Ahmedabad to Mumbai when his car hit a divider while trying to overtake another vehicle from the wrong side.

Wreckage of the Mercedes car in which former Tata Sons Chairman Cyrus Mistry was travelling on Sunday

New Delhi: Well-known gynaecologist in Mumbai, Anahita Pandole, who was driving the car that met with an accident on Sunday, killing former Tata Sons chairman Cyrus Mistry, and her husband Darius Pandole are likely to be shifted to a hospital in Mumbai on Monday, news agency PTI reported a police official as saying.

According to the PTI report, Anahita Pandole and Darius Pandole were shifted to a private hospital in Vapi in Gujarat after the road accident.

"They are likely to be shifted to a Mumbai hospital on Monday morning," the police official said on Sunday.

According to Palghar Police, Mistry was travelling from Ahmedabad to Mumbai when his car hit a divider while trying to overtake another vehicle from the wrong side.

Anahita Pandole (55), and her husband Darius Pandole (60) survived the accident, while Mistry and Jahangir Pandole, brother of Darius, were killed.

Mistry and Jahangir were in the back seats, police said, adding Darius was in the front seat with Anahita, who was at the wheel.

“Prima facie, it looks like the car driver lost control. Cyrus Mistry’s mortal remains are at a government hospital in Kasa. An Accidental Death Report (ADR) is being filed by the police, as per procedure,” ANI quoted Palghar Police sources as saying.

“A woman was driving the car and tried to overtake another vehicle from left side, but lost control and crashed into the road divider,” PTI quoted an eyewitness as saying.

“Around 3 pm, the car met with an accident as it crashed into a divider on the bridge above Surya River while travelling from Ahmedabad to Mumbai. Four people were inside, out of them two people died on the spot and the rest two were shifted to a hospital,” Palghar Superintendent of Police Balasaheb Patil said.