8 dead as pick-up vehicle collides with auto-rickshaw in Pune

Eight people were killed after a speeding pickup vehicle collided with an auto-rickshaw in Maharashtra’s Pune district, police said on Monday.

The accident took place at around 11.30 pm on Sunday under Otur police station limits on Kalyan-Ahmednagar Road, located about 150 km from here, they said.

The pick-up vehicle, which was going towards Kalyan (in Thane district) from Ahmednagar, collided with the auto-rickshaw coming from the opposite direction near a petrol pump at Pimpalgaon Joga, an official said.

Seven persons from the auto-rickshaw and the pickup vehicle’s driver were killed, he said.