Maharashtra: 5 people from Telangana killed in accident on Pune-Solapur highway

In an unfortunate incident five people from Telangana tragically lost their lives on Tuesday in a car accident after the driver lost control on the PuneSolapur Highway in Maharashtra police said reported news agency ANIThe tragic accident happened near Dalaj village in the Bhigwan police jurisdictionGiving details of the accident police said Six persons were travelling in the car from Mumbai to Telangana when the incident occurred in Pune Five people died on the spot after the driver lost control and the car turned turtle on PuneSolapur highway reported ANIMore details are awaitedIn another incident four persons were killed and one was injured when their car rammed into a truck on a highway in Maharashtras Yavatmal district on Monday police said reported PTIThe accident occurred on NagpurTuljapur highway in Kalambh taluka in the morning an official saidThe victims were driving down from Punjab to Takhat Hazur Sahib Gurdwara in Nanded he said reported PTIThe car rammed into the truck from behind killing four occupants the official saidBhajan Kaur 60 Balvir Kaur 74 Tejindra Singh 39 and driver Suraj Singh 44 died while one person sustained injuries and was shifted to a hospital for treatment he said reported PTIMeanwhile a water tanker allegedly driven by a 15yearold boy injured a woman and a child in Pune on Saturday morning police said reported PTIThe accident took place around 630 am on NIBM road said an officialAssistant Commissioner of Police Ganesh Ingale said the water tanker rammed into a twowheeler injuring its woman rider before hitting a child pedestrian who was going for wrestling practice with a few friends The injured woman was identified as Geeta Santosh Dume 41 reported PTIA 15yearold boy was driving the water tanker The injured have been admitted to a nearby hospital and are out of danger said Ingale reported PTIThe minor driver has been detained while his father Shabbir Pathan and tanker owner Mahindra Borate were arrested under provisions of Indian Penal Code Motor Vehicles Act and Child Labour Prohibition and Regulation Act a Wanowrie police station official saidPune drew national attention last month after a Porsche car allegedly driven by a 17yearold minor in an inebriated state crashed into a twowheeler in the Kalyani Nagar area on May 19 killing two techiesWith inputs from PTI