India News | 3 Killed, 12 Hurt as Truck Hits Multiple Vehicles on Highway in Pune

Pune, Apr 21 (PTI) Three persons were killed and 12 others injured after a truck crashed into five vehicles on the old Pune-Mumbai highway near Lonavla hill station here in Maharashtra, police said on Monday.

The incident took place at 10.20 pm on Sunday at Battery Hill near Bor Ghat.

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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 said.

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

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