15 February,2022 01:52 PM IST | Mumbai | ANI
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Four people were killed and three others injured after a container truck hit multiple vehicles on the Mumbai-Pune Expressway on Tuesday morning, police said.
The accident took place near Borghat in Khopoli area around 6.30 am after the truck driver lost control over the wheels, a police official said.
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The truck first hit a car and then dashed against four other vehicles on the busy route, he said.
Police and rescue teams rushed to the spot. Four occupants of a car died on the spot. Three passengers of another vehicle received injuries and they were rushed to a hospital at Kamothe in neighbouring Navi Mumbai, the official said.
The bodies were sent for postmortem, the police added.
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