Nashik, Jan 19 (PTI) Four people were killed, and two suffered injuries after a pick-up vehicle collided with a luxury bus in Maharashtra’s Nashik district in the wee hours of Monday, police said.
The accident occurred near Varhane village on the Manmad-Malegaon Road in Malegaon taluka around 1.30 am when the bus was heading towards Malegaon, an official said.
A pick-up vehicle coming from the opposite direction collided with the bus, he said.
The official said that the impact killed three people in the pick-up vehicle and a man who was travelling in the driver’s cabin of the bus.
Sheikh Ata-ur Rehman Sheikh Abeed (40), Sattar Khan Mohammed Khan (40) and Yakub Sheru Khan (27), all residents of Malegaon, who were travelling in the pick-up vehicle, died, while the deceased from the bus is yet to be identified, he said.
The official said that locals and police rushed the injured to a hospital.
While the exact reason for the accident is yet to be ascertained, a case has been registered with Malegaon taluka police station, he said. PTI COR ARU
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