Mumbai Coastal Road BMW crash: what we know so far

Here is what is known about the BMW crash on Mumbai’s Coastal Road in the early hours of Sunday, October 4.
The car was travelling from Marine Drive towards Haji Ali when it fell from the elevated section of the Coastal Road near Lotus Jetty at about 5:20 a.m. Senior Police Inspector Meena Jagtap told ANI the vehicle was moving at high speed.
There were four people in the car. Three died and the fourth, a 20-year-old man, is in critical condition in the trauma ward of Nair Hospital, the civic body said. All four were taken to the hospital after the crash.
CCTV footage accessed by India Today shows the black BMW flying off the bridge after missing a turn and hitting a directional hoarding. Another clip showed the wrecked car with police and a forensic team at the site.
The Mumbai Coastal Road is a 10.58-km high-speed freeway linking Marine Drive to the Worli end of the Bandra-Worli Sea Link. Police have opened an investigation and are examining the footage to establish the exact sequence of events.
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