Cyrus Mistry Death: Car Brakes Were Applied 5 Seconds Before The Crash, Says Mercedes Report

According to the luxury auto manufacturer's interim assessment sent to Palghar police, the Mercedes car carrying industrialist Cyrus Mistry and three other people had applied its brakes five seconds before the collision.

The police officer added that a Mercedes-Benz team of specialists from Hong Kong is scheduled to arrive in Mumbai on Monday to inspect the car.

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Meanwhile, the German automaker said in a statement that it cooperated with the authorities in investigating the car crash and would share the findings only with them as it respects customer privacy and confidentiality.

Mistry (54) and his friend Jahangir Pandole were killed on Sunday when their Mercedes hit a road divider in the Palghar district. Two other car occupants, Anahita Pandole (55), who was at the wheel, and her husband, Darius Pandole (60), suffered injuries and were admitted to a private hospital in Mumbai.

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The accident occurred on the Surya River bridge when they were on their way to Mumbai from Gujarat.

Mercedes-Benz had submitted its interim report on the fatal accident of industrialist Cyrus Mistry to the Palghar police, which mentions that the vehicle brakes were applied five seconds before it crashed into the road divider, a senior official said on Friday.

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"Mercedes-Benz has submitted its interim report to the police. It says that the car was running at 100 kmph a few seconds before the accident, while its speed was 89 mph when it hit the divider on the bridge," Palghar Superintendent of Police Balasaheb Patil said.

The report says that the car's brakes were applied five seconds before the crash.

Patil added that the Regional Transport Office (RTO) has also submitted its report, which mentioned that four airbags in the car had opened after the crash-three in the driver's seat and one in the adjoining seat.

"A team of experts from Mercedes-Benz is coming to Mumbai from Hong Kong on September 12 for an inspection of the car," he said.

He said the car would be kept at Mercedes's unit at One Hiranandani Park in Thane.

"After the inspection, the luxury carmaker will give its final report," he said.

Mercedes-Benz, in its statement, said,"We respect customer privacy and confidentiality and will only share our findings with the authorities. We are cooperating with them where possible and will be providing them with further information and clarification on the matter directly, as required," the statement mentioned.

The automaker had sent to Germany the Electronic Control Module (ECM) of the car in which the former Tata Sons chairman was killed for analysis. Most high-end vehicles have the Electronic Control Module, which can help identify technical issues like brake failure or low brake fluid.

The district administration had on Thursday requested a road safety audit from the highway authority in light of this accident.

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Collector Govind Bodke had said that a joint visit of highway officials and police have been planned for September 14 to discover technical flaws and recommend mitigating measures.

The collector added that they had been asked to put prominent signboards at black spots (perennially accident-prone stretches) on the route.

(With PTI inputs)

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