Maharashtra: 5 dead in autorickshaw-truck collision in Nashik

The incident took place on September 25 and all the deceased were travelling in the autorickshaw, a Lasalgaon police station official said

Five people were killed in a collision between an autorickshaw and a truck on Lasalgaon-Vinchur road in Nashik's Niphad taluka, police said.

The incident took place late Saturday night (September 25) and all the deceased were travelling in the autorickshaw, a Lasalgaon police station official said. "The autorickshaw was on its way to Vinchur from Lasalgaon when a speeding truck hit it. The dead include the driver of the autorickshaw, three men in the 60-65 age group and a 40-year-old man.

The driver of the truck, identified as Sunil Sonawane, has been arrested," the official informed.

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