At least eight people were killed after a speeding pickup van collided with an auto-rickshaw on the Kalyan-Nashik highway in Maharshtra’s Pune district.
The accident took place at around 11.30 pm on Sunday under Otur police station limits on Kalyan-Ahmednagar Road in Junnar taluka.
The pick-up vehicle, which was going towards Kalyan (in Thane district) from Ahmednagar, collided with the auto-rickshaw coming from the opposite direction near a petrol pump at Pimpalgaon Joga, an official said.
Seven persons from the auto-rickshaw and the pickup vehicle’s driver were killed, he said.
Meanwhile, in a similar incident, four persons were killed and as many injured when their pick-up van was hit by a truck near a toll plaza in UP’s Jalaun.
Superintendent of Police (SP) Iraj Raja said some people were travelling from Madhya Pradesh in a pick-up truck that was hit by a truck near Katehari toll plaza on Sunday night, killing four persons, including two minors.
(With PTI Inputs)
Comments
0 comment