Ahmednagar accident: Six people killed as bus hits tractor and car

Six people in Ahmednagar were killed after a state transport bus hit a tractor and a car in the early hours of Wednesday police said reported news agency PTIThe Ahmednagar accident took place near Dhawalipuri Phata on AhmednagarKalyan road in Parner tehsil at around 230 am they said reported PTIA tractor carrying sugarcane had toppled and another tractor was brought to offload the sugarcane from itThe driver of a car also halted and was helping the people in the offloading work an official from Parner police station said reported PTIAs the tractor took a turn on the road a state transport bus approaching there collided with the tractor and the car Six people in Ahmednagar including some labourers died on the spot the official said reported PTIAn investigation was on into the Ahmednagar accident he saidIn another incident one woman was killed after a boat capsized at the border of ChandrapurGadchiroli district in Ganpur village Maharashtra on Tuesday reported ANITwo women were successfully rescued The search for the other five women is underwayNDRF rescue teams were deployed immediately as soon as the police and district administration received word of the incident The search for the missing women is being done on a war footing reported ANIMaharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis condoled the tragic incidentI pay my respects to those who lost their lives in this incident We are with their families on this sad occasion said Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister reported ANIMaharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis assured people of financial assistance reported ANIThe state government will provide financial assistance to the families of the deceased said Devendra FadnavisFurther investigation into the matter is underway More details are awaitedMeanwhile a truck transporting tomatoes overturned on a bridge on a busy road in Maharashtras Thane city affecting traffic for five hours on Tuesday morning a civic official said reported PTIThe accident occurred on the Patlipada bridge on Ghodbunder Road around 414 am the official saidA truck transporting tomatoes was heading towards Ghodbunder when it overturned on the bridge Oil leaked from the vehicle and tomatoes were scattered on the road said Yasin Tadvi chief of the civic disaster management cell reported PTIWith inputs from PTI and ANI