A 37-YEAR-OLD man was killed and 4 extra had been significantly injured when a tempo transporting fruits from Pune to Mumbai overturned on Pune-Mumbai Expressway on Saturday afternoon.
The accident occurred round 3.40 pm close to Kamshet tunnel on the Pune-Mumbai lane of the Expressway. Police stated that the deceased Dukhi Bhotan Saha (37) hailed from East Champaran in Bihar and labored as a fruit vendor in Thane.
The 4 injured individuals— Rahul Saha (21), Tapeshwar Kumar (30) and Manejar Saha (25), Harendra Kumar— are all residents of East Champaran and at the moment working as fruit sellers.
An official from Kamshet police station below Pune Rural police stated, “The 4 fruit sellers had come to Pune to buy fruits from suppliers. At Saswad in Pune, they loaded their tempo with bins of custard apple and guava and had been returning to Mumbai. Close to Kamshet tunnel, the tempo driver Harendra Kumar misplaced management and the automobile overturned.”
The official added, “One of many 4 injured individuals is on ventilator assist. The others are out of hazard.”
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