India, Oct. 31 -- A woman, 43, from Pune died in a freak accident Thursday morning when a large rock crashed through the sunroof of the car she was travelling in at Tamhini Ghat near Kondithar village in Raigad district.

The deceased, identified as Snehal Gujrathi from Pune, was travelling with her husband, son, and mother-in-law from Pune to Mangaon in a Volkswagen Virtus when the mishap occurred between 9.30 am and 10 am on Thursday, the police said. Snehal was seated in the passenger seat in the front next to her husband who was driving the vehicle. The other two family members were in the back seat and escaped unhurt.

According to Mangaon police inspector Nivrutti Borhade, "The car's sunroof was closed when a rock weighing around tw...