Five people died and three were critically injured after a car hit another vehicle on Friday morning on the Mumbai Pune Expressway near the Khopoli area in Maharashtra. Four of them died on spot and one died on the way to the hospital. Injured persons were admitted to MGM Hospital in Kamothe, more details awaited.
The accident took place close to Dheku village around Thursday midnight.
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"The car was going from Pune to Mumbai when it hit the truck from the rear around 12 am. There were nine occupants in the car. While four persons died on the spot, another one succumbed to injuries while being taken to a hospital," an official of Khopoli police station said.
All the deceased were men, while he said one of the four injured is a woman. A preliminary probe indicated that the driver of the car lost control, due to which the vehicle hit the truck. An offence was registered against the driver and further investigation is underway, police said.
(With inputs from PTI, ANI)