Thane accident: Man killed as truck hits 2 auto-rickshaws; minor driver held

The police said that a man was killed and another person injured when a truck driven by a minor boy collided with two autorickshaws before falling into a pit at a Metro construction site in Maharashtras Thane city on Monday reported news agency PTIThe 15yearold truck driver was later detained they saidThe incident took place at 230 am near Suraj Water Park on the citys arterial Ghodbunder Road and traffic on the route was affected for some time the police said while sharing an update on the Thane accident reported PTIThe truck driver lost control over the wheels following which the vehicle collided with two autorickshaws parked by the roadside and then plunged into a pit at a Metro construction site traffic police officials said while sharing an update on the Thane accident reported PTILocal resident Jitendra Mohan Kamble 31 who was in one of the autorickshaws was injured and rushed to a government hospital where doctors declared him dead on arrival they said reported PTIAn occupant of the other autorickshaw also received serious injuries and was undergoing treatment at the hospital the police saidThe Kasarvadavali police detained the underage driver and registered an FIR against him under relevant provisions of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita and the Motor Vehicles Act they saidThe traffic police later removed the damaged truck and the autorickshaws with the help of a towing vehicle and restored smooth traffic flow on the roadEight dead several injured as tempo rams into truck carrying iron rods in NashikEight persons were killed and several others injured after a tempo and truck collided on Sunday at Dwarka Circle in Maharashtras Nashik district a police official said reported PTIThe incident took place near an Ayyappa temple at 730pm he addedThere were 16 passengers in the tempo which was on its way to CIDCO area They were returning from a religious event in Niphad The tempo driver lost control of the vehicle and rearended the truck carrying iron rods Some of the deaths took place on the spot Some of the injured are critical the official said reported PTIRescue operations were started by police and fire brigade personnel along with residents and passersby in the congested stretch immediately he addedThe injured are recuperating at the district hospital and in some private facilities the official saidThere is likelihood of the death toll rising since some of the passengers have sustained grievous injuries police and health officials informedWith inputs from PTI