- LATEST
- WEBSTORY
- TRENDING
SPORTS
Five wrestlers and a driver dead in road mishap in Sangli
The wrestlers' vehicle hit a tractor in Kadegaon in Sangli, Maharashtra.
Updated : Jan 13, 2018, 05:42 PM IST
 "The")
TRENDING NOW
)
Bengaluru Power Cut on January 16 Thursday: Over 100 areas to be affected; check timings, localities
)
Mukesh Ambani's Reliance enters Maha Kumbh 2025, opens...
)
Donald Trump's BIG warning for India, China, Russia: 'Go find another...'
)
7 times XXX, Mastram actress Aabha Paul sets internet on fire with sexy videos, sultry pics
)
This superstar actress, mother of 2, was forced into prostitution, left abandoned by husband, died penniless at...
)
India's largest govt bank loses Rs 44935 crore in just 5 days due to...
)
This car wins 'Indian Car of the Year 2025' award, beats Maruti Suzuki Dzire, Swift, it is...
)
Director Blessy's The Goat Life reaches final Oscar shortlist
)
Gautam Adani's company expands its capacity with new wind power project in...
)
'No RIP': Neena Gupta slams late filmmaker Pritish Nandy, says, 'He stole my daughter...'
)
Meet actress who competed with Aishwarya Rai, made debut with Akshay Kumar, quit Bollywood to become monk, is now...
)
From Jahnvi Kapoor, Sreeleela to Rashmika Mandanna: 7 fittest divas of Indian cinema, and their honest workout regime
)
BIG achievement by Mukesh Ambani, Reliance Jio becomes first telecom operator to deliver...
)
Mukesh Ambani's mega offer for Jio users; get unlimited calling, 1 GB data per day for Rs...
)
Ex-trainee IAS officer Puja Khedkar's NEW move days after Delhi HC denied bail, she has now...
A return journey back home after participating in a wrestling competition proved costly for wrestlers in Sangli as five wrestlers and a driver lost lives and seven wrestlers sustained serious injuries after their vehicle hit a tractor in Kadegaon in Sangli.
The mishap took place in Wangi village in Kadegaon tehsil of Sangli at around 12 midnight on Friday. All the wrestlers practiced at Kranti wrestling center at Sangli. The deceased wrestlers have been identified as Shubham Gharge, Akash Desai, Vijay Patil, Saurabh Mane and Avinash Gaikwad. Along with these five, the driver of their vehicle Ranjeet Dhanawade also died in the mishap. Apart from them, seven other wrestlers have sustained serious injuries and they are admitted in a government hospital in Miraj.
All these wrestlers had gone to Aundh in Satara to participate at a wrestling competition. After the competition got over, they started from Satara late night on Friday and they were heading to Sangli in a multi utility vehicle.
"They were passing from Wangi village to go to small town of Kundal in Sangli. When their vehicle was crossing Shirgao phata near Wangi village, a tractor was trying also trying to come on the road from a sugarcane field. Due to the sugarcane crops, the driver could not see tractor coming onto the road and it hit the front side of the tractor after which the vehicle toppled," the police officer said.
The mishap was so bad that the entire MUV damaged in the mishap and the wrestlers were trapped inside the vehicle. According to police, five of the six persons died on the spot while one person died while he was undergoing treatment at an hospital in Miraj. The other injured wrestlers have also sustained serious injuries where some of them have received fracture to their legs and they are undergoing treatment.
According to the police, the tractor driver fled away from the spot after the mishap and now police are searching him. Police have registered a case against the tractor driver in Chinchni- Wangi police station.
