Beed, Nov 8 (PTI) A man, his brother and his 10-year-old granddaughter, who were out to buy clothes and firecrackers for the child, were killed after a speeding car rammed into their motorcycle in Maharashtra’s Beed district, police said on Sunday.
The accident took place on the Ahilyanagar-Solapur highway in Karjat tehsil on Saturday evening, they said. The victims were residents of neighbouring Beed district.
Police said Sudam Maruti Padole (57) and his brother Devidas Maruti Padole (55) had harvested cotton and sold it to arrange money for Diwali celebrations.
Sudam set out on his motorcycle with his granddaughter Shreya, intending to buy her new clothes and firecrackers. Devidas also joined them.
When they were near Bambulgaon cross road, a speeding car crashed into the two-wheeler with tremendous force, killing all three on the spot. The impact was so severe that the motorcycle was mangled, police said.
Shreya had lost her father, Vishal, a few years ago. She was his only daughter, and her grandfather Sudam had been looking after her ever since, an official said.
The car driver reportedly fled the scene, but was arrested on Sunday, he added. PTI COR NR
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