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Road Accident: 5 dead after car collides with container truck on Ahmednagar-Pune highway
"The accident took place at 1.30 am, after a car collided with a container that was coming from the wrong side," said Pune Police.
Pune: Five members of a family died after a car collided with a container truck that was driving on the wrong side of the road on the Ahmednagar-Pune Highway in Pune in the early hours of Wednesday, police said.
The mishap took place near Ranjangaon Maharashtra Industrial Development Corporation (MIDC).
#Maharashtra: Five members of a family died & one injured in a road accident near Ranjangaon MIDC on Ahmednagar-Pune Highway in Pune dist last night. Accident occurred after a car collided with a container coming from wrong side. Container driver absconding- SP Abhinav Deshmukh pic.twitter.com/6WnoHsqjVz
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"The accident took place at 1.30 am, after a car collided with a container that was coming from the wrong side," said Abhinav Deshmukh, Superintendent of Police, Pune.
The police official said that the driver of the container was absconding.
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Visuals from the site showed the car in a mangled state.
More details are awaited. (ANI)