Maharashtra: Man killed in hit-and-run in Thane district

The police in Maharashtras Thane district have launched a probe after a 30yearold man was killed in a hitandrun outside a bar on Sunday an official saidHitandrun in Thane district Incident took place in Rajnoli villagePrashant Suresh Bhoir and two more persons had gone to the bar at Rajnoli village along the MumbaiNashik highway on Saturday night The trio came out after the bar closedCiting the FIR the police said the two men headed home in their respective cars but soon realised Bhoir was not there in either of the vehicles They rushed back to the bar only to find Bhoir severely injured outside the premisesHitandrun in Thane district A probe launchedBhoir was taken to a hospital where doctors declared him deadA probe is on to track down the vehicle involved in the hitandrun the official from Kongaon police station said Bhoir was apparently a close aide of a local politicianHitandrun in Thane district Other incidentsA woman died and two others sustained injuries in a collision between a private bus and a state transport bus on the NagpurMumbai Samruddhi Expressway in Buldhana district Maharashtra police reported on Sunday reported PTIThe incident occurred on the ChikhaliMehkar stretch of Samruddhi Expressway on Saturday morning when a private bus travelling from Surat to Mehkar collided with a state transport bus from behindA female passenger aboard the state transport bus suffered fatal injuries and was pronounced dead upon arrival at a nearby hospital Two other passengers sustained injuries and are receiving medical treatment reported PTIThe driver of the luxury bus has been arrested under section 304A of the Indian Penal Code for causing death by negligence along with other relevant chargesIn a separate incident on Sunday morning one person was injured when a car collided with a stationary truck near Shindkhed toll plaza on the expressway The car driver sustained minor injuries and was taken to Jalna for treatment the PTI report addedAnother incident occurred earlier in April on the Samruddhi Expressway in Maharashtras Nashik district killing at least two people and badly injuring three more according to PTIThe SUV was going from Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar to Nashik when it lost control and flipped in Khamble Shivar hamlet near Sinnar The deceased were named Bajirao Eknath Gangurde 65 and Nisha Ramkisan Gatkal 20 with one admitted to a private hospital in Sinnar and the other to the District Civil Hospital in Nashik the news agency report statedWith inputs from PTI