Maharashtra: 3 killed, 12 injured as truck hits multiple vehicles on highway in Pune

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The police on Monday said that three persons were killed and 12 others injured after a truck crashed into five vehicles on the old Pune-Mumbai highway near Lonavala hill station in Maharashtra, reported news agency PTI.

According to the PTI report, the incident took place at 10.20 pm on Sunday at Battery Hill near Bor Ghat.

The truck apparently suffered a brake failure while descending a slope. It then ran amok and hit five vehicles, a police official said.

"A 10-year-old girl and her father, who were travelling in a car, and another person died in the accident," Lonavla police station's senior inspector Suhas Jagtap told PTI.

Twelve other persons were injured and rushed to a nearby hospital where they were currently undergoing treatment, he added.

Six dead in road crash in Uttar Pradesh

In another incident, a car rammed into a tree in Kushinagar district of Uttar Pradesh, leaving six people dead and two injured, police said on Monday, reported PTI.

The incident took place at Shukla Bhujauli crossing on Sunday night when the occupants of the car were going to Devgaon village to attend a wedding, reported PTI.

Police rushed the occupants of the car to a hospital with the help of locals, officials said.

Doctors declared six of them dead on arrival while the remaining two are undergoing treatment, they said.

Superintendent of Police, Kushinagar, Santosh Kumar Mishra said a detailed investigation is underway, reported PTI.

The deceased have been identified as brothers Harendra Maddheshia and Yogendra Maddheshia, Ranjeet, Mukesh, Bheem Laxman Yadav and car driver Om Prakash, reported PTI.

All the victims were aged between 25 and 40 years, police said.

Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath expressed deep condolences to the bereaved families and directed district officials to ensure prompt and adequate treatment for the injured, an official statement said.

(With inputs from PTI)