Four people were killed and three others were injured after a container truck rammed into three two-wheelers and hit pedestrians on State Highway 153 near Terwad village in Maharashtra’s Kolhapur district, police said on Friday.
Assistant police inspector Shitalkumar Doijad of the Kurundwad police station said, “The container truck was travelling from Nipani towards Miraj when the driver allegedly drove recklessly, hitting the two-wheelers and pedestrians on Thursday. Three people died on the spot, while a fourth died during treatment.”
Police identified the deceased as Bhauso Jaypal Giramal and his wife, Ashwini Bhauso Giramal, residents of Abdul Lat; Shakeel Anwar Mulani, a resident of Arjunwad; and Lalita Ganpati Patil, a resident of Terwad. All three villages are in Shirol taluka of Kolhapur district.
Police said that the post-mortem of the fourth victim was underway at Sangli Civil Hospital.
The truck driver, Dharmendra Pandey (38), a native of Uttar Pradesh, allegedly fled the scene after the accident. The Kurundwad police have formed a team and are tracing him.