Five killed, two injured as car falls onto dry riverbed in Maharashtra’s Ratnagiri district

Five killed, two injured in car accident in Ratnagiri, Maharashtra; vehicle fell into dry riverbed, investigation ongoing.

“Five persons were killed and two sustained injuries after their speeding car fell onto a dry riverbed in Maharashtra’s Ratnagiri district in the early hours of Monday (May 19, 2025),” police said.

“The accident occurred near Khed around 5:45 a.m., when the vehicle first hit the divider and fell into the dry river bed of the Jagbudi River,” an official said. He said the car was heading towards Devrukh town from Nallasopara in Palghar district.

“Three women and two men were killed, while two persons were injured,” he said. The official said the deceased were identified as Mitali Vivek More (43), Megha Paradkar (22), Saurabh Paradkar (22), Nihar More (19) and Shreyas Sawant (23). He said officials from the Khed police station rushed to the spot and a rescue operation was conducted.

“As the river was dry, the vehicle crashed into boulders, killing some of the occupants on the spot,” he said, adding that the injured were undergoing treatment at a hospital in Ratnagiri. “A case has been registered at Khed police station, and further probe is under way,” the official said.