Two dead, 4 injured in tempo-SUV collision in Solapur

At least two persons were killed and four others seriously injured after a sports utility vehicle SUV collided with a tempo in Maharashtras Solapur district on Wednesday the police said reported the PTIThe accident took place in the morning at Manidargi village on the AkkalkotGangapur highway an official saidThe tempo was proceeding from Gangapur to Akkalkot while the SUV carrying six persons was going from the opposite direction he saidThe driver of the SUV lost control over the vehicle and collided with the tempo Two persons died on the spot and four others sustained serious injuries the official said the PTI reportedFour dead two injured as car hits stationary truck in Maharashtras JalnaMeanwhile as many as four persons including three members of a family died on the spot as their car hit a stationary truck in central Maharashtras Jalna district on Wednesday afternoon police said reported the PTITwo persons in the car sustained injuries in the accident that took place on SolapurDhule road around 1 pm police saidThe victims were returning to Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar after a visit to the holy town of Akkalkot an official said according to the PTIThe truck had broken down and halted on the road at Mahakal village in Ambad tehsil when the car rammed into it from the rear he saidThe deceased were identified as Anita Parshuram Kunte 48 Bhagwat Chore 47 Srushti Bhagwat Chore 13 and Vedant Bhagwat Chore 11 they died on the spot said an officialParshuram Kunte who was driving the car and Chhaya Chore sustained serious injuries and were rushed to a private hospital in Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar district of Maharashtra They are undergoing medical treatment the official saidThe traffic on the busy highway was disrupted for nearly two hours until police swung into action and cleared the roadGondi Police are further investigating the incident the news agency reportedTruck overturns on MumbaiNashik highway drunk driver detainedIn an another incident a truck carrying foreignmade liquor overturned on Tuesday evening on the NashikMumbai national highway near Shahapur in Thane district the police said as per the PTIThe truck driver was allegedly driving drunk He was detained after the accident near Lahe village about 80 km from Mumbai the police saidThe truck laden with 940 boxes of liquor was coming towards Mumbai from Nashik an official saidwith PTI inputs