Speeding Pick-Up Vehicle Collides With Auto In Pune, Killing 8

Mumbai: A speeding pickup vehicle collided with an auto-rickshaw in Maharashtra’s Pune district on Sunday night, resulting in the death of eight people, according to police.

The accident took place at around 11.30 pm under Otur police station limits on Kalyan-Ahmednagar Road, located about 150 km from here.

The pick-up vehicle, which was going towards Kalyan (in Thane district) from Ahmednagar, collided with the auto-rickshaw coming from the opposite direction near a petrol pump at Pimpalgaon Joga, an official said, NDTV reported.

Seven persons from the auto-rickshaw and the pickup vehicle’s driver were killed, he said.