WATCH: Four Pune Men Killed, Two Injured As SUV Hits Truck On Pune-Satara Highway
Pune: Four young men from Kamshet in the Maval tehsil of the Pune district were killed and two others injured after the SUV they were travelling in lost control, hit a road divider and crashed into an oncoming truck on National Highway-48 in the Satara district in the wee hours of Tuesday. The accident took place around 1.10 am near Shirwal in Khandala tehsil in Satara district, in front of Hotel…
In the early hours of Tuesday morning, a tragic accident occurred on the Pune-Satara Highway near Shirwal in Khandala tehsil of Satara district. Four young men from Kamshet in Maval tehsil of Pune district, Vedant Arjun Waringe, Sonling Dhirendra Thakur, Aditya Balasaheb Garud, all aged 19, and Nikhil Balu Raut, 20, were killed.
Two others, Dikshit Dayanand Pujari and Mayur Hanumant Shinde, both 20, sustained critical injuries and were rushed to the hospital. The group was traveling from Pune towards Mahabaleshwar when the accident happened. The Tata Nexon SUV, driven by one of the men, lost control, hit a road divider, crossed into the opposite lane, and collided head-on with an oncoming Eicher truck.
The SUV was severely damaged in the impact. The police are investigating the cause of the driver losing control of the vehicle, with a focus on the speed of the SUV and other possible factors. Their investigation is ongoing.
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