India, May 25 -- A woman and a teenage girl, related to each other, died in a massive pile-up on the Mumbai-Pune Expressway on Saturday, when a speeding trailer lost control and caused six other vehicles to collide. The accident - involving the trailer, four cars and two buses - took place at 4:00pm near Khopoli.

The deceased were Ashwini Akshay Haldankar, 30, and Shreya Santosh Autade, 17, both residents of Ulhasnagar. They were returning from Kolhapur with five other family members in a Maruti Swift car when the accident occurred.

According to preliminary police reports, the trailer driver lost control over his vehicle, hit the divider, and triggered a chain collision involving several vehicles behind him. "The Swift, sandwiched betwe...