In an unfortunate incident happened in Pune, Volkswagen Vento caught fire when the owner tried to park the vehicle. Vento launched two years before was a run away success for Volkswagen. But this is the first major untoward incident happened.
Regarding this issue, Manohar Joshi, Senior Inspector of Deccan Police reported that the car caught fire when he came near Vaishali restaurant on FC Road. Gupta was stuck inside the car as the doors had got locked. Some citizens broke the windscreen and pulled him out of the burning car.
Joshi informed that it was a black Volkswagen Vento… another car was parked there… was also damaged. Gupta was immediately taken to a private hospital. He also added that a team from the Regional Transport Office had carried out an examination of the car. They will give their report in a day or two. An offence may be registered in the case after they get the report. An expert team from the company has taken the car for examination.
On hearing the news, Mr. Alexander Skibbe, the head of communications for Volkswagen Group, India commented, “We take such incidents with utmost seriousness and treat them as priority. After we got to know about the incident, we have started a thorough investigation. To assist investigations, we have called..a team of experts from Germany. More details about the issue cannot be shared as investigation is still on.” …