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Pune couple killed, 4 hurt in car accident

The mishap occurred at the Nerul flyover on the Sion-Panvel highway while they were on their way to Pune after attending a satsang.

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A couple was killed and four others injured in a mishap at the Nerul flyover on the Sion-Panvel highway while they were on their way to Pune after attending a satsang of godman Raja Swami at Bhayendar.

In the incident on Sunday afternoon, the deceased along with four others were traveling in an Omni van when, suspect the police, “a trailer ahead of them suddenly braked, following which the dumper that was behind the van rammed onto the trailer sandwiching the van”.

“Eye-witnesses told us about the trailer that fled the spot soon after the mishap, while the dumper driver left the vehicle on the road and fled,” assistant police inspector Deepak Mayekar from Nerul police said. So mangled was the Omni van that the fire brigade officials had to cut open the vehicle with cutters to remove the dead and the injured. “The vehicle was completely smashed and was impossible for us to remove the people stuck in the vehicle, manually,” Mayekar added.

While the deceased have been identified as Shashikala Naikare (38) and her husband Vijay alias Babaji Naikare (41), the injured have been identified as Minal Kamble (36), Ekta Borade (12), Dwarka Borade (35) and Hitesh Bagodiya (45). All injured have been admitted to DY Patil hospital at Nerul, where doctors said Bagodiya is critical.

All those who succumbed in the mishap hailed from Nigdi village in Pune. Apart from the Omni van, there were two more other vehicles behind the dumper, all on their way to Pune after attending the satsang.

The couple who died is survived by a son, who is preparing for his Standard X exam, had stayed back at their Pune residence, confirmed the police. A case against the absconding dumper driver has been registered with Nerul police and a manhunt launched.

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