Maharashtra: Three mowed down by ST bus in Beed; driver apprehended

Three men were mowed down by a state transport bus in Maharashtras Beed district in the early hours of Sunday police said reported news agency PTIThe accident occurred around 6 am when a group of youngsters were training for police recruitment near Ghodka Rajuri village in Beed taluka an official said reported PTIHe said the bus belonging to the Maharashtra State Road Transport Corporation MSRTC was heading towards Parbhani from Beed when it mowed down the three men training on the roadside reported PTITwo others in the group managed to escape unhurt he saidThe deceased Subodh More 20 Virat Ghodke 19 and Om Ghodke 20 were residents of Ghodka Rajuri village the official said reported PTIThe trio died on the spot and their bodies were taken to the district hospital in Beed for further formalities he said adding that the bus driver was apprehended and a case was being registered against him reported PTIFollowing the accident angry villagers vandalised the state transport bus and demanded jobs for family members of the deceased men in the state transport department the official saidNine killed 8 injured in collision between tempo minivan and stationary bus on PuneNashik HighwayAt least nine people were killed including a fiveyearold child and eight others were injured after a tempo collided with their minivan forcing it to ram into a stationary bus on the PuneNashik Highway on Friday a police official said reported PTIThe incident took place near Narayangaon at 930 am he addedThe tempo struck the minivan from behind causing it to ram into an empty ST bus parked on the side of the road the official saidThe impact of the collision was so severe that nine persons died on the spot said Pankaj Deshmukh Superintendent of Police Pune RuralPolice identified the deceased as Debubai Takalkar 65 driver Vinod Rokade 50 Yuvraj Wavhal 23 Chandrakant Gunjal 50 Geeta Gaware 45 Bhau Bade 65 Najma Hanif Shaikh 35 Vashifa Inamdar 5 and Manisha Pacharne 56 reported PTIEight others sustained minor to moderate injuries and are undergoing treatment Following the crash the tempo driver fled the scene We have registered a case against the unidentified driver of the tempo and bus driver Bhausaheb Jaybhay under Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita and Motor Vehicles Act a Narayangaon police station official saidThe ST bus driver has been booked since he had parked the vehicle in a dangerous manner the official saidEfforts are on to nab the driver of the tempo the official addedChief Minister Devendra Fadnavis called the incident unfortunate and announced compensation of Rs 5 lakh each to the kin of the deceasedVikram Bhor sarpanch of Junnar tehsils Kandali village from where five of the deceased hailed said everyone was shocked after hearing about the accidentMinivan driver Vinod Rokade used to operate the vehicle locally Bhau Bade was going to Narayangaon to buy medicines Deceased Manisha Pacharne was a Zilla Parishad school teacher Yuvraj Wavhal a 23yearold youth from a neighbouring village was preparing for civil services exams Bhor said reported PTIThe distance between Kandali and Narayagaon is 10 kilometres and people use such private vehicles on the routeWith inputs from PTI