A child and four other persons were killed after a speeding SUV collided with an auto-rickshaw and a truck in Maharashtra`s Ratnagiri district, police said on Tuesday, reported news agency PTI.
The incident occurred at around 10.30 pm on Monday at Pimpri Khurd village on Karad-Chiplun road in Ratnagiri, located more than 300 km from Mumbai, an official said, reported PTI.
The speeding sports utility vehicle (SUV) hit an auto-rickshaw, which was carrying four persons including a child, and dragged the three-wheeler for some distance, he said.
The SUV then collided with a truck coming from the opposite direction, the official said.
Four occupants of the auto-rickshaw and the SUV driver died on the spot.
The deceased have been identified as Ibrahim Ismail Lone (65), Niyaz Mohammed Hussain Sayyad (50), Shabana Niyaz Sayyad (40), Hyder Niyaz Sayyad (4), all residents of Parvati area in Pune, and SUV driver Asif Hakimuddin Saifi (28), hailing from Uttarakhand, the police said, reported PTI.
A case was registered in connection with the incident and a probe was on into it, they added.
Vidarbha rains: Youth swept away in Gadchiroli; 2 national highways shut
Meanwhile, a man was missing after being swept away in an overflowing stream following heavy rains in Maharashtra`s Gadchiroli district, officials said on Tuesday, reported PTI.
Two national highways, a state highway and five other roads passing through the district were closed due to flooding, they said.
The weather department has issued an `orange` alert for Gadchiroli and a `yellow` alert for parts of Nagpur, Wardha, Bhandara, Gondia, Chandrapur, Amravati, Akola, Yavatmal, Buldhana and Washim districts in the Vidarbha region for Tuesday and Wednesday, reported PTI.
A 19-year-old man from Kodpe village in Bhamragadh taluka was swept away while crossing an overflowing stream on Monday. Search operation was on for the missing person, a district administration official said, reported PTI.
Eight roads, including two national highways and one state highway, were closed in Gadchiroli due to inundation, according to the district disaster management office.
The Regional Meteorological Centre here said light to moderate rainfall was likely at isolated places over Chandrapur, Gadchiroli, Bhandara, Nagpur, Gondia, Amravati and Akola districts on Tuesday, reported PTI.
Light spells of rain were also likely at isolated places over Yavatmal, Washim and Buldhana districts, it added.
(With inputs from PTI)
