UP: Two farmers killed as speeding courier van collides with tractor-trolley

At least two farmers were killed on Sunday and as many were injured when a courier van collided with their tractortrolley in Bareilly of Uttar Pradesh the police said reported the PTIAccording to the PTI Circle Officer Nilesh Mishra said the farmers were headed for the Devchara market on their tractortrolley loaded with chilli when the accident occurred outside Bhamora police stationThe official said that Rajveer 52 and Shishpal 65 fell from the tractortrolley after the collision and were run over by the courier van They died on the spotChaman Maurya and Jahoor Ahmed were severely injured and hospitalised the police officer saidThe driver of the courier van fled the spot leaving his vehicle behind police said adding that efforts are on to nab himMan killed as speeding car hits motorbike in Pune NCP MLAs nephew heldA 19yearold teenager was reportedly killed after a car allegedly driven by the nephew of an Nationalist Congress Party NCP MLA hit his motorbike on a highway in Maharashtras Pune district an official said reported the PTIThe suspect Mayur Mohite was arrested after the incident on Saturday police said adding the car was speeding on the wrong side of the road as per the PTIAccording to the news agency Punes Khed NCP MLA Dilip Mohite Patil termed the incident as unfortunate and said he will not support any wrongdoingThe police said that the accident took place at around 930 pm on Saturday at Mauje Eklahare village on the PuneNashik highway in Ambegaon taluka the police on Sunday said adding the victim was identified as Om BhaleraoThe accused was driving a Fortuner car on PuneNashik road He was driving the car on the wrong side of the road while travelling to Manchar village when the vehicle had a headon collision with the motorbike The twowheeler rider was seriously injured in the accident and lost his life a senior police official said reported the PTIBoth the vehicles were badly damaged in the accident The car driver has been arrested and a case has also been registered against him We are conducting further probe into the incident he addedA case has been registered against the accused by the Manchar police under various Indian Penal Code IPC sections including 304 A causing death of a person by a rash or negligent act not amounting to culpable homicide and provisions of the Motor Vehicles Act the police saidThough a preliminary probe indicated the accused was not under the influence of alcohol at the time of the incident the police said his blood samples have been collected and reports are awaitedLegislator Dilip Mohite Patil told reporters The incident is unfortunate I will not support any wrongdoing but I want to say that my nephew never consumes alcohol The police will probe the matter He is in police custody and his blood samples have been collected On May 19 two IT professionals were killed in Punes Kalyani Nagar after their motorcycle was hit by a speeding Porsche car allegedly driven by a 17yearold in an inebriated conditionThe juveniles father a realtor his mother and some other persons were later arrestedThe boy is currently lodged at a juvenile observation home in Punewith PTI inputs