The accident took place in the morning at Manidargi village on the Akkalkot-Gangapur highway, an official said
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At least two persons were killed and four others seriously injured after a sports utility vehicle (SUV) collided with a tempo in Maharashtra's Solapur district on Wednesday, the police said, reported the PTI.
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The accident took place in the morning at Manidargi village on the Akkalkot-Gangapur highway, an official said.
"The tempo was proceeding from Gangapur to Akkalkot, while the SUV carrying six persons was going from the opposite direction," he said.
"The driver of the SUV lost control over the vehicle and collided with the tempo. Two persons died on the spot and four others sustained serious injuries," the official said, the PTI reported.
Four dead, two injured as car hits stationary truck in Maharashtra's Jalna
Meanwhile, as many as four persons, including three members of a family, died on the spot as their car hit a stationary truck in central Maharashtra's Jalna district on Wednesday afternoon, police said, reported the PTI.
Two persons in the car sustained injuries in the accident that took place on Solapur-Dhule road around 1 pm, police said.
The victims were returning to Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar after a visit to the holy town of Akkalkot, an official said, according to the PTI.
The truck had broken down and halted on the road at Mahakal village in Ambad tehsil when the car rammed into it from the rear, he said.
The deceased were identified as Anita Parshuram Kunte (48), Bhagwat Chore (47), Srushti Bhagwat Chore (13) and Vedant Bhagwat Chore (11), they died on the spot, said an official.
Parshuram Kunte, who was driving the car, and Chhaya Chore sustained serious injuries and were rushed to a private hospital in Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar district of Maharashtra. They are undergoing medical treatment, the official said.
The traffic on the busy highway was disrupted for nearly two hours until police swung into action and cleared the road.
Gondi Police are further investigating the incident, the news agency reported.
Truck overturns on Mumbai-Nashik highway; drunk driver detained
In an another incident, a truck carrying foreign-made liquor overturned on Tuesday evening on the Nashik-Mumbai national highway near Shahapur in Thane district, the police said, as per the PTI.
The truck driver was allegedly driving drunk. He was detained after the accident near Lahe village, about 80 km from Mumbai, the police said.
The truck, laden with 940 boxes of liquor, was coming towards Mumbai from Nashik, an official said.
(with PTI inputs)
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