Woman, 5-year-old grandson crushed to death by tanker in Virar

An elderly woman and her 5yearold grandson died on Friday afternoon after being hit by a water tanker in Virar West in Palghar district of Maharashtra a police official said reported the PTIThe tanker driver fled from the spot and efforts are on to nab him the Arnala Sagri police station official saidThe incident happened at 130 pm when 57yearold Amrawati Yadav was walking into her residential complex with her grandson Vivan The child was killed instantly while the woman succumbed to injuries in hospital he said according to the PTIResidents of the area held a protest and videos of it went viral on social mediaMeanwhile in an another incident two people were killed and three seriously injured when their speeding SUV jumped over the divider and overturned on the Samruddhi Expressway in Maharashtras Nashik district on Thursday morning police said reported the PTIThe SUV was on its way to Nashik from Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar in Maharashtra when the accident occurredThe accident took place at Khamble Shivar village near Sinnar townAs the driver of the illfated vehicle lost control it crossed the divider broke side barriers and turned turtle a police official said as per the PTIThe passengers of the SUV were residents of Karodi village in Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar districtThe deceased were identified as Bajirao Eknath Gangurde 65 who died on the spot and Nisha Ramkisan Gatkal 20 who died during treatment at a hospitalOne of the injured persons was admitted to a private hospital in Sinnar and the other two were admitted in District Civil Hospital in Nashik the official saidSeveral accidents have been reported on the MumbaiNagpur Samruddhi Expressway since its first phase was inaugurated in December 202210 killed as car rams into parked truck on AhmedabadVadodara ExpresswayMeanwhile in an another incident as many as ten persons travelling in a car including a child died after their speeding vehicle crashed into a stationary truck on the AhmedabadVadodara Expressway near Nadiad town of Gujarats Kheda district on Wednesday police officials said as per the PTIPreliminary probe revealed the Maharashtraregistered truck was parked on the extreme left lane of the busy expressway after it developed a mechanical fault and the car rammed into it from the rear side said Kheda Superintendent of Police Rajesh Gadhiya the news agency reported on Thursdaywith PTI inputs