MUMBAI: Two people died and another sustained injuries after a container truck struck a pick-up vehicle, which then hit another vehicle at Khandala in Pune district on Saturday, police said.
An officer from the Khopoli police station said that the accident occurred in the early morning hours at Anda Point when the container truck, driven carelessly, struck a pickup truck, causing it to overturn and collide with another pickup truck.
Two occupants of the pick-up vans were killed while one was injured, he said.
The deceased have been identified as Gurdeep Singh Tejas Singh Sarova (47), a resident of Nashik and Satish Ramchandra Pawar from Khopoli in Raigad district, the official said.
A case has been registered against the driver of the container truck under section 304-A (causing death by negligence) and other relevant provisions of the Indian Penal Code and Motor Vehicles Act, he added.
(With inputs from PTI)
An officer from the Khopoli police station said that the accident occurred in the early morning hours at Anda Point when the container truck, driven carelessly, struck a pickup truck, causing it to overturn and collide with another pickup truck.
Two occupants of the pick-up vans were killed while one was injured, he said.
The deceased have been identified as Gurdeep Singh Tejas Singh Sarova (47), a resident of Nashik and Satish Ramchandra Pawar from Khopoli in Raigad district, the official said.
A case has been registered against the driver of the container truck under section 304-A (causing death by negligence) and other relevant provisions of the Indian Penal Code and Motor Vehicles Act, he added.
(With inputs from PTI)
