Thane, Oct 19 (PTI) A 17-year-old boy and his friend were killed in an accident in Maharashtra's Thane district after they went for a drive in a car gifted recently to the boy's parents, police said.

The car crashed into a tree on Tuesday night on Ulhasnagar-Ambernath road, an official from Ambernath police station said.

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According to the police, the boy was at the wheels in the car which was gifted to his parents. He was out on a drive with his 18-year-old friend when the car hit a tree, injuring both of them, he said.

The two were rushed to a hospital where doctors declared them brought dead, the official said.

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The bodies were sent to a government hospital for post-mortem and a case of accidental death was registered, the police added.

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