9 dead as bus rams into tempo in Pune

Pune: Nine persons were on Monday killed and 15 others injured after a bus of the Maharashtra State Road Transport Corporation rammed a stationary tempo near Narayangaon in Pune district.

The bus was heading for Pune from Trimbakeshwar in Nashik district amid heavy rains, Narayangaon police said.

The accident took place 77 km away from here.

The driver of the tempo, which was carrying onions, had halted on the road at around 1.45 am to change a flat tyre.

"The bus was heading for Pune from Trimbakeshwar in Nashik district and it seems that its driver could not see the stationary tempo due to heavy rains. The bus rammed the tempo from behind," said a police officer of Narayangaon police station.

Police identified the deceased as Kishor Jondhale (40), Zakir Pathan (30), Shobha Pagar (45), Yamuna Pagar (55), Vikas Gujrathi (50), Sagar Chaudhari, Abhiket Joshi (23) and Sanjivani Suryakant Ghadge (45). "Identity of one deceased is yet to be ascertained," said the officer.

Jondhale and Pathan were replacing the tyre of the tempo, whereas the remaining seven were passengers of the bus.

"The injured passengers are being treated at nearby hospitals," added the officer.

Jammu: A government official, his wife and their three children were among seven members of a family killed on Monday after their vehicle skidded off the road and rolled down into a river in hilly Rajouri district of Jammu and Kashmir, the police said.

Senior Superintendent of Police, Rajouri, Yougal Manhas said that seven members of the family, travelling in their private car, were killed in the accident, which occurred near Narian around 05.00 PM. He said the police rushed to the scene of the accident and retrieved all the seven bodies from the vehicle.