Three passengers died on the spot, two others, including the driver, sustained serious injuries and are admitted in a hospital in Shirval village
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Three people were killed and two others severely injured on Sunday when the SUV they were travelling in rammed into a truck in Satara district of Maharashtra, police said. According to an officer, the mishap occurred at around 9.30 am near Khambatki ghat adjacent to Khandala village, over 260 kms.
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The SUV carrying five passengers was heading to Borivli from the Konkan region when it hit the truck from behind, the officer added. While three of the five passengers died on the spot, two others, including the driver, sustained serious injuries and are admitted in a hospital in Shirval village. The police have registered a case of accidental death.
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Former South Asian Games swimming gold medalist M B Balakrishnan died in a road accident, police said. The 29-year old former 50m national record holder was on his way home on a two-wheeler from Koyambedu with his friend riding pillion when the vehicle hit a lorry and he lost control. Balakrishnan, who was riding the two-wheeler, came under the wheels of the lorry after his vehicle skid and was killed on the spot, police said. Balakrishnan, an alumnus of the Guindy Engineering College here, pursued his higher education in the US and was working there. He had come to Chennai few days ago. He won a gold in the National Games at Guwahati in 2007 and later rewrote the 50m backstroke national record in July 2010 at the Senior National Championships in New Delhi.
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