Five people were killed and 20 injured when a truck a hit a Bolero pickup van near Dhamangaon on the <a href="https://www.mid-day.com/news/india-news/article/samruddhi-expressway-accident-five-family-members-killed-in-samruddhi-expressway-crash-in-amravati-23637382" target="_blank" rel="none noopener">Samruddhi Highway</a>, police said on Friday.
A senior police official told PTI the accident occurred on Channel 97 of the Samruddhi Expressway near the Dhamangaon railway in Amravati district at 12.45 am.
The official said the truck hit the pick up van from behind, in which five people were killed and 21 injured. The injured were first taken to Dhamangaon Rural Hospital and later referred to Wardha Medical College, another official added.
A detailed investigation into the incident is underway, police said.
<h2>Man dies after car rams into his two-wheeler in Mumbai</h2>
In a separate incident, a 41-year-old man was killed, while his wife and another scooter rider were injured after a car rammed into their two-wheeler in <a href="https://www.mid-day.com/mumbai/mumbai-crime-news/article/pnb-case-diamond-merchant-nirav-modis-associate-sandeep-mistry-arrested-by-cbi-after-his-extradition-from-uae-23652505" target="_blank" rel="none noopener">Mumbai's Khar area</a>, police said.
The incident took place on Monday evening at the junction of C D Road in Khar West.
The deceased has been identified as Iyappan Selvaraj Harijan. His wife, Nancy (37), sustained injuries to her hand, while another scooter rider reportedly suffered a fracture on his arm, police said.
According to the complaint filed by Nancy, she was travelling towards <a href="https://www.mid-day.com/mumbai/mumbai-crime-news/article/8-year-old-boy-dies-in-mumbai-bandra-road-accident-woman-driver-arrested-for-alleged-negligence-23647494" target="_blank" rel="none noopener">Bandra</a> with her husband on their motorcycle when a white car coming from behind rammed into them. The collision threw Nancy onto the road, while her husband, who was wearing a helmet, got trapped under the vehicle. Bystanders rushed to the spot and lifted the car to pull him out.
Both the victims were rushed to Bhabha Hospital in an auto-rickshaw, where doctors declared Iyappan dead during treatment due to severe head and body injuries, an official said.
The driver of the car has been identified as Sudhir Sitaram Sawant (71). Based on the complaint, Khar Police have registered a case under relevant sections of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS), including 106(1) for causing death by negligence and section 184 of the Motor Vehicles Act.
Further investigation is underway, the police added.
<h2>Three killed in collision between two vans in Thane</h2>
Meanwhile, a father-son duo and another person were killed while two others were injured in a collision between two speeding vans on a highway near Malshej Ghat in Maharashtra's Thane district, police said on Monday.
The accident occurred on Sunday morning on National Highway No. 61 in Murbad taluka.
A pickup van carrying three residents of Khedle-Talavale village collided head-on with a poultry van going towards <a href="https://www.mid-day.com/mumbai/mumbai-news/article/three-killed-after-speeding-vans-collide-head-on-in-thane-district-23652243" target="_blank" rel="none noopener">Kalyan</a>, a police official said.
The impact crushed the front cabins of both vehicles. All three occupants of the pickup van died on the spot. They have been identified as Maruti Tukaram Khare (55), his son Ajit Maruti Khapare (25) and driver Ram Malu Sapate (40), the official said.
Two individuals inside the poultry vehicle suffered injuries and were rushed to a nearby hospital for treatment.
Both vehicles were speeding at the time of the crash. Following an initial inquiry, the police registered a case against the poultry van's driver under relevant legal provisions, Tokawade police station's assistant inspector Sheetalkumar Naik said.
(With inputs from PTI)

Five killed, 21 injured after truck hits pickup van on Samruddhi Highway in Amravati. Police said the truck rammed the van near Dhamangaon around 12.45 am

Maharashtra: Five killed, 21 injured as truck rams pickup van on Samruddhi Highway in Amravati

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A senior police official told PTI the accident occurred on Channel 97 of the Samruddhi Expressway near the Dhamangaon railway in Amravati district at 12.45 am

Maharashtra: Five killed, 21 injured after truck hits pickup van on Samruddhi Highway in Amravati

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