On a cold winter night, a car full of friends bound for a pilgrimage to Ujjain met its end on the winding slopes of Kannad Ghat in Chalisgaon, where three young men from Shevgaon lost their lives and four others now lie in hospital. It is the kind of sudden rupture that reminds a community how thin the line is between a journey of faith and a roadside tragedy. Police have recorded the scene and are still piecing together what happened on that sharp turn, while the families and the injured wait for answers the road itself cannot give.
Three Devotees Killed, Four Critical After Car Crashes on Kannad Ghat Near Chalisgaon
Three young men from Shevgaon died and four others were critically injured when the car crashed at Kannad Ghat.
The front of the car was crushed, trapping the occupants inside.
Mark
Seven friends, one car, a pilgrimage to Ujjain. Where exactly did this go wrong?
Mimi
On a sharp turn in the ghat section at Kannad Ghat, in Chalisgaon taluka. The car left the road and hit large rocks, and the front of it was crushed with people trapped inside.
Mark
The three who died were all from Shevgaon.
Mimi
Yes, aged 27, 31 and 30, all from Shevgaon in Ahilyanagar district. The four injured are between 24 and 28, and they are in critical condition at a nearby hospital.
Luke
I want to be careful about the cause. The report says the driver lost control on the turn, but police say they are still working out the sequence of events. So that is the initial account, not a finding.
Mark
Do we know who was driving, or whether he survived?
Luke
The source doesn't say. It doesn't identify the driver among the seven, and it doesn't say how fast the car was going or what the road conditions were.
Mimi
What it does confirm is the police response: they reached the spot soon after, did a panchnama and sent the bodies for post-mortem.
Mark
The report also mentions a Nashik crash. Is it connected?
Luke
No. It is a separate incident, a truck hitting a motorcycle near Dubere Bridge on the Sinnar bypass. It killed Ramdas Pote, 52, and seriously injured Prakash Sabale, 55. It appears alongside the Kannad Ghat story but there is no stated link.
Mimi
Both are a reminder of how quickly an ordinary journey, whether a pilgrimage or a ride home from a night shift, can end.
El Pulso
- A car carrying seven friends on a pilgrimage lost its grip on a sharp bend and slammed into rocks at Kannad Ghat.
- Three men from Shevgaon, aged 27 to 31, were killed and the crushed vehicle left others trapped in shock and panic.
- Four injured passengers are fighting for stability in hospital while their condition is still being watched closely.
- Police have completed the on-site panchnama and sent the bodies for post-mortem, as investigators work to reconstruct the exact sequence of events.
- The tragedy arrives alongside a separate fatal truck crash in Nashik district, deepening the week's toll on the roads.
On a cold winter night, a car full of friends bound for a pilgrimage to Ujjain met its end on the winding slopes of Kannad Ghat in Chalisgaon, where three young men from Shevgaon lost their lives and four others now lie in hospital. It is the kind of sudden rupture that reminds a community how thin the line is between a journey of faith and a roadside tragedy. Police have recorded the scene and are still piecing together what happened on that sharp turn, while the families and the injured wait for answers the road itself cannot give.
Late on Wednesday night, a car carrying seven friends on their way to Ujjain for religious darshan came to a violent stop on the ghat road at Kannad Ghat, in Chalisgaon taluka. Three of the men did not survive, and four others were left critically injured.
According to the report, the driver lost control on a sharp turn. The car left the road and struck large rocks along its edge with such force that the front of the vehicle was crushed, trapping those inside. Panic and shock spread quickly through the area.
The dead are Tukaram Rambhau Ambhore, 27; Shekhar Ramesh Durpate, 31; and Ghanshyam Ramhari Pisote, 30, all of Shevgaon in Ahilyanagar district. The four injured men, Yogesh Tukaram Sonawane, Akshay Shivaji Gire, Dnyaneshwar Kanta Mode and Tushar Ramesh Ghuge, were rushed to a nearby hospital, where they are under treatment.
Police carried out the panchnama and sent the bodies for post-mortem. The driver's loss of control is, for now, the report's account rather than a confirmed finding, and investigators are still establishing exactly how the car left the road.
In Nashik district, the same week brought another death: a speeding goods truck struck a motorcycle near Dubere Bridge on the Sinnar bypass, killing rider Ramdas Ramkrishna Pote, 52. The truck then overturned, disrupting traffic. What comes next is the Kannad Ghat investigation and the recovery of the four men in hospital.
Late on Wednesday night, a car carrying seven friends on their way to Ujjain for religious darshan came to a violent stop in the ghat section at Kannad Ghat, in Chalisgaon taluka. Three of the men did not survive. Four others were left critically injured.
According to the report, the driver lost control while going through a sharp turn on the ghat road. The car left the road and hit large rocks along its edge. The impact was severe enough to crush the front of the vehicle completely and trap the people inside, and the scene set off panic and shock in the area.
The dead have been identified as Tukaram Rambhau Ambhore, 27; Shekhar Ramesh Durpate, 31; and Ghanshyam Ramhari Pisote, 30. All three lived in Shevgaon, in Ahilyanagar district.
Four other passengers were critically hurt: Yogesh Tukaram Sonawane, 28; Akshay Shivaji Gire, 25; Dnyaneshwar Kanta Mode, 24; and Tushar Ramesh Ghuge, 26. They were rushed to a nearby hospital, where they are being treated. The report does not give their current condition beyond describing their injuries as critical.
Police arrived at the spot soon after the crash. They carried out a panchnama, the formal on-site record of the scene, and sent the bodies for post-mortem examination. Investigators are still working to establish the exact sequence of events, and the account of the driver losing control on the turn is, for now, the report's description of what happened rather than a finding.
A separate fatal accident was reported from Nashik district. Around 8 am on Thursday, a speeding goods truck struck a motorcycle from behind near Dubere Bridge on the Sinnar bypass. The two men on the motorcycle were returning home after a night shift. The rider, Ramdas Ramkrishna Pote, 52, died on the spot. His friend Prakash Sabale, 55, was seriously injured.
After the collision, the truck driver lost control and the vehicle overturned at the roadside. Police took action at the scene, and traffic in the area was disrupted.
What to watch next is the police investigation at Kannad Ghat, which should clarify how the car came to leave the road, and the recovery of the four injured men in hospital.
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