Eight dead as speeding rickshaw collides with water tanker near Aurangabad

Police said the rickshaw was speeding and trying to overtake another vehicle when it collided with the tanker coming from the opposite direction.

Eight persons including a woman were killed on the spot and two others sustained serious injuries when the six-seater rickshaw they were travelling in collided with a water tanker near Aurangabad in Maharashtra on Friday.

Eight people died on the spot following a collision between a rickshaw and water tanker near Aurangabad. (Shutterstock/Representative image)

The accident took place near Georai Tanda village near Banjara hotel Friday evening, police said.

The two injured persons were admitted to the Government Medical College and Hospital (GMCH) in Aurangabad.

The rickshaw was speeding and trying to overtake another vehicle when it collided with the tanker coming from the opposite direction, police said.

The deceased were yet to be identified, police said, adding further probe was on.