Palghar, Mar 5 (PTI) A woman died and four others were injured after a pickup, an autorickshaw and a two-wheeler were involved in an accident in Maharashtra's Palghar district on Wednesday evening, an official said.

The incident took place around 7.30 pm in village Shelavli on the Palghar-Manor road, he said.

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One of the occupants of the auto, identified as Ujjwala Jadhav, died in the accident, while the auto driver and another passenger were injured. Two persons travelling on the two-wheeler also sustained injuries, the official said.

The pickup driver fled the scene after the accident and efforts are underway to track him down, police said.

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The injured were taken to two different hospitals in Palghar. One of them who was in serious condition was shifted to a medical facility in Valsad in neighbouring Gujarat, he added.

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