India News | Maharashtra: 2 Killed as Truck Rams into Police Van on Highway in Yavatmal
Get latest articles and stories on India at LatestLY. A highway police staffer and another person were killed after a truck rammed into a police van in Maharashtra's Yavatmal district, officials said on Sunday.
Yavatmal, Jul 30 (PTI) A highway police staffer and another person were killed after a truck rammed into a police van in Maharashtra's Yavatmal district, officials said on Sunday.
The accident took place at around 11.30 pm on Nagpur-Tuljapur highway here, they said.
The highway police personnel were checking a truck on a bridge when another truck rammed into the police van from behind, the police said in a release.
A highway police staffer and the offending truck's driver were killed in the accident, while two other police personnel were seriously injured, the release said.
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A probe was on into the incident, the police added.
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