8 Fatalities Reported in Pickup Van, Auto-Rickshaw Crash in Maharashtra

In a tragic incident, eight people died in a road accident when a pickup van collided with an auto-rickshaw on Kalyan Nashik highway in Pune district on Sunday night. A senior official from Pune Rural Police said, “8 people died in a road accident on Kalyan Nashik highway near Otur village in Junnar Taluka of […]

by Priyanka Koul - December 18, 2023, 12:11 pm

In a tragic incident, eight people died in a road accident when a pickup van collided with an auto-rickshaw on Kalyan Nashik highway in Pune district on Sunday night.
A senior official from Pune Rural Police said, “8 people died in a road accident on Kalyan Nashik highway near Otur village in Junnar Taluka of Pune district. The incident occurred last night after a collision took place between a pickup van and a passenger auto rickshaw on the highway.”

The official further said that three passengers who were travelling in the autorickshaw died while five in the pick-up van also died on the spot.
The police are conducting a probe.