Mumbai-Nashik Highway Crash: 4 of Family, Including 2 Children, Killed as Car Rams Truck
Four members of a family, including two children, were killed and six others were seriously injured after a car rammed into a stationary truck on the Mumbai-Nashik Highway in Maharashtra, police said on Wednesday. The accident took place near Atgaon in the Shahapur area of Thane district.
Four members of a family, including two children, were killed and six others were seriously injured after a car rammed into a stationary truck on the Mumbai-Nashik Highway in Maharashtra, police said on Wednesday. The accident took place near Atgaon in the Shahapur area of Thane district. According to the police, the car was travelling on the Mumbai-Nashik Highway when it collided with the parked vehicle. Father Killed, 3 Children Injured After Container Hits Family on Nashik-Mumbai Highway.
The impact left four occupants of the car dead. Two of the deceased were children, according to reports. Six other people sustained serious injuries in the crash. The injured were taken to a nearby hospital for treatment. Further details about their condition were not immediately available. Mumbai Cops Seen Filling Potholes on Mumbai-Nashik Highway Amid Heavy Rains, Congress Takes Jab at BJP, Nitin Gadkari (Watch Videos).
Police reached the spot and began an investigation into the circumstances surrounding the crash. The exact reason why the car hit the stationary vehicle is yet to be established. The accident caused disruption on the Mumbai-Nashik Highway as emergency services and police personnel attended the scene. Further details, including the identities of the deceased and injured and whether any case has been registered, are awaited from the police
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