India News | Four Killed, Seven Hurt in Nashik Highway Accidents

Nashik, Feb 22 (PTI) At least four persons were killed and seven others were seriously injured in separate accidents on the Mumbai-Agra national highway in Nashik district, police said on Saturday.

A container truck coming from the wrong side overturned and crushed an auto-rickshaw near Daregaon village in Malegaon taluka at 11 AM on Saturday, killing three persons and injuring two others.

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The deceased included the rickshaw driver and two female passengers. The injured persons were rushed to a hospital, a police official said.

Separately, a woman was killed and five others were seriously injured after a truck crashed into vehicles in the Rahud ghat section of the national highway near Chandwad on Friday night, police said.

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As per preliminary reports, the brakes of a truck heading towards Mumbai failed on a slope, and it crashed into seven to eight vehicles, including cars and trucks.

The official said a 45-year-old woman in one of the cars was killed, five others were seriously injured, and a few persons sustained minor injuries in the accident.

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