The Mercedes vehicle that crashed in Palghar in the western Indian state of Maharashtra on Sunday (4) killing former Tata Sons chairman Cyrus Mistry did not have a clean traffic record, an investigation has found.
The probe into the ill-fated sports utility vehicle's (SUV) traffic record revealed several cases of traffic offences, including instances of violating red signals and overspeeding, NDTV reported. It was not clear as to who was driving the vehicle when those offences were committed.
The car, in which Mistry and three others from Gujarat were travelling to Mumbai from Ahmedabad, was being driven by Dr Anahita Pandole, a noted gynaecologist from Mumbai. Her husband Darius Pandole was sitting beside her. Mistry and Jehangir Pandole, the brother of Darius, were in the rear.
According to eyewitnesses, Mistry's car was trying to overtake another vehicle at a high speed when it crashed into a road divided on a bridge across a river.
Mistry and Jehangir died on the spot while Dr Anahita and Darius were seriously injured and receiving treatment.
A primary post-mortem revealed that Mistry, 54, suffered injuries to his head and heart and had polytrauma, a condition which happens when a person receives several injuries to vital internal organs, the NDTV report added.
The accident sparked a controversy over road safety conditions in India after reports said that the rear passengers were not wearing seatbelts. In India, very few people care to wear them in the rear seats.
Mistry was cremated in Mumbai on Tuesday (6).
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