Nine people were killed while a child miraculously escaped injured, in a fatal collision between a speeding truck and a van on the <a href="https://www.mid-day.com/search/mumbai-articles" target="_blank" rel="none noopener">Mumbai-Goa National Highway</a> in the wee hours of Thursday.
The deceased, including a girl child, are all relatives and residents of Hedvi taluka in Guhagar.
Police said the accident took place in <a href="https://www.mid-day.com/search/raigad-articles" target="_blank" rel="none noopener">Repoli village</a> in Maharashtra&rsquo;s Raigad district at around 4.45 am.
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Acting swiftly, police reached the spot and with the help of the locals started rescue operation.
Somanath Gharge, Superintendent of Police, Raigad, said the truck bearing registration number MH-43 /U/ 7119 was on its way to Mumbai from Lotte MIDC while the Eco car bearing registration number MH-48 BT8673 was on its wayto Guhagar from Mumbai.
The police said that nine people including five men, three women and a girl child died on the spot. &ldquo;A boy injured in the accident has been admitted to sub district Hospital, Mangaon for treatment.&rdquo;
Meanwhile, the bodies of the deceased were sent to a government hospital for post-mortem.
The cause of the accident was yet to be ascertained, the police said. (With inputs from PTI)
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The deceased, including a girl child, are all relatives and residents of Hedvi taluka in Guhagar.

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