According to the officials, the accident occurred at around 10 am when Patil was travelling to Gujarat for shooting practice. The car was being driven by his friend and fellow shooter Yash Choudhary. Patil, a resident of Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar, was seated in the front passenger seat

The tunnel, known as MT-6, is 454 metres long and 14.4 metres wide, and is designed to accommodate both up and down tracks of the bullet train corridor