18-Jun-2024 06:01 PM
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Sangli (Maharashtra), June 18 (Reporter) A 56 year-old man was killed on the spot while two others were seriously injured when a speeding tanker hit them in Maharashtra's Sangli district on Tuesday, police said.
The incident occurred in the afternoon at Dhavadwadi on Vijapur-Guhagar road in Jat tehsil when the victim, identified as Ahamad Ali Babaso Sheikh, a BEST bus employee out for Eid celebration was stranded at a bus stand.
The Dhavadwadi resident was suddenly hit by a speeding tanker. Sheikh was killed on the spot, the police said.
After hitting Sheikh, the tanker hit a motorcycle ahead and seriously injured the two riders, who have been admitted in a hospital.
The tanker driver tried to abscond after the hit and run but were overpowered by villagers who handed him over to the police.
Further investigation is underway...////...