Pune, July 19: Three persons were killed and five others injured after a truck mowed down a group of people in Maharashtra's Pune district on Friday, police said. The accident occurred near Alephata in Junnar Tehsil on the Ahmednagar-Kalyan Road around 11.30 am, an official said. Pune Hit-and-Run: NCP-SP Leader’s Son Crashes SUV Into Tempo in ‘Drunken’ State on Manjari Mundhwa Road, Video Surfaces.

The victims were returning after performing last rites at a crematorium, he said. The driver of the truck, which was heading towards Kalyan, lost control of the vehicle on a slope at Gulunjwadi village and mowed down a group of people, the official from Alephata police station said. Pune Road Accident: 2 Dead, 15 Injured in Collision Between Car and Bus on Nagar Kalyan Highway (Watch Video).

Three persons, including a woman and a child, were killed, and five to six others sustained injuries and were rushed to a nearby hospital, he said. The police were in the process of registering a case, the official said

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