Maharashtra: Four killed after milk tanker hits tempo and plunges into river in Thane

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Four persons were killed after a tanker transporting milk hit a tempo and plunged into a river at Malshej ghat in Maharashtra's Thane district, the police said on Saturday, reported the PTI.

The accident occurred near Borande village on the Kalyan-Nagar road in Thane district around 2 pm on Friday, an official said.

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The milk tanker and the tempo laden with vegetables were proceeding towards Kalyan from Alephata, inspector Dinkar Chakor of Tokawadi police station in Murbad said.

The tanker hit the tempo and fell into a river, he said.

A couple travelling in the tanker, its driver and the driver of the tempo, were killed in the accident, while the couple's four-year-old son survived, the official said, as per the PTI.

The victims, Akshay Dighe (30), his wife Tejas (26), and tanker driver Dattatraya Waman (42), were killed on the spot, and tempo driver Shakeel Sheikh (29) died soon after, he said, the news agency reported.

The police have registered a case under relevant provisions of the Indian Penal Code and Motor Vehicles Act against the deceased tanker driver, the official said.

Six including two infants killed in accident in Akola

Meanwhile, in an another incident, six persons, including two infants, were reportedly killed and three seriously injured in a collision between two cars in Maharashtra's Akola district on Friday, the police said, reported the PTI.

According to the PTI, the victims also include relatives of Member of Legislative Council (MLC) Kiran Sarnaik, who represents the Amravati Teacher constituency, the officials said.

The accident took place on a flyover on the Akola-Washim highway near Patur Ghat in the afternoon, an official said, as per the PTI.

Raghuveer Sarnaik (28), who was the MLC's nephew, his sister and three of their relatives were going towards Akola in an SUV, while four persons were travelling in another car in the opposite direction when the accident took place, the official said, the news agency reported on Friday.

Of the five relatives of the MLC, three were killed and two injured, an official said.

The accident also claimed the lives of three occupants of the other car and left one injured, the official said.

A 9-month-old child, identified as Asmira Ajinkya Amle, and a one-year-old baby were among those killed, the official said.

The three injured persons have been admitted to the Government Medical College in Akola, while the bodies of the deceased have been sent to Akol Rural Hospital for autopsy, he added, as per the PTI.

(with PTI inputs)