Mid-day.com, Monday March 22, 2010, Mumbai
3:00 PM Satish Sawant, an insurance agent, collected his brand new Nano from a showroom in Prabhadevi, and headed home, dreaming of showing off his first car to his family at LIC Colony, Mulund (W).
3:45 PM The car busts into flames at Eastern Express Highway, Sawant jumped to safety.
Sawant had spent Rs.2.4 lakhs on the silver Nano (MH03 AW 913), which he got fitted with an AC and a power steering.
As Sawant cannot drive, the Concorde Motors showroom provided him with a driver to take him home safely.
There was not much afternoon traffic on the Eastern Express Highway, it being a Sunday afternoon. Sawant managed to cross the Bhandup in less than 40 minutes. Around 3:45 pm, he reached Navghar Signal on the Eastern Express Highway. Suddenly, a motorcycle overtook him, signalling him to look behind.
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