<p>The police said that three persons were killed and 15 others injured when an auto-rickshaw hit a bus and some other vehicles on a highway in Maharashtra's <a href="https://www.mid-day.com/mumbai/mumbai-news/article/thane-accident-man-killed-as-truck-hits-2-auto-rickshaws-minor-driver-held-23463854" target="_blank" rel="none noopener">Thane district</a> on Wednesday morning, reported news agency PTI.</p>
<p>The accident took place at 4.15 am on the Mumbai-Agra highway near Khinavli bridge at Ghoteghar village in Shahapur taluka, the police officials said while sharing an update on the Thane accident, reported PTI.</p>
<p>The auto-rickshaw driver lost control over the wheels. As a result, the vehicle hit the road divider, jumped the lane and collided with a private luxury bus, two cars and a tempo coming from the opposite direction, an official from <a href="https://www.mid-day.com/mumbai/mumbai-news/article/msrtc-bus-hits-metro-pillar-in-thane-eight-sustain-minor-injuries-23463181" target="_blank" rel="none noopener">Shahapur police station</a> told PTI while sharing an update on the Thane accident.</p>
<p>Three occupants of the bus died on the spot and 15 other persons, including the auto-rickshaw driver, were injured, he said.</p>
<p>The bus was on its way from Nashik to Mumbai, the official said.</p>
<p>After being alerted, local police along with the emergency response teams rushed to the spot.</p>
<p>The injured persons were admitted to <a href="https://www.mid-day.com/mumbai/mumbai-news/article/thane-accident-one-dead-eight-injured-as-suv-falls-into-gorge-23460863" target="_blank" rel="none noopener">Shahapur</a> sub-hospital and three of them were reported to be in a serious condition, the official said.</p>
<p>The bodies were sent to a government hospital for post-mortem, the police added.</p>
<h2>Man killed as truck hits 2 auto-rickshaws in Thane; minor driver held</h2>
<p>A man was killed and another person injured when a truck driven by a minor boy collided with two auto-rickshaws before falling into a pit at a Metro construction site in Maharashtra's Thane city on Monday, police said.</p>
<p>The 15-year-old truck driver was later detained, they said.</p>
<p>The incident took place at 2.30 am near Suraj Water Park on the city's arterial <a href="https://www.mid-day.com/mumbai/mumbai-crime-news/article/maharashtra-55-year-old-woman-killed-in-hit-and-run-on-manpada-bridge-in-thane-23396725" target="_blank" rel="none noopener">Ghodbunder Road</a> and traffic on the route was affected for some time, the police said, reported PTI.</p>
<p>The truck driver lost control over the wheels following which the vehicle collided with two auto-rickshaws parked by the roadside and then plunged into a pit at a Metro construction site, traffic police officials said, reported PTI.</p>
<p>Local resident Jitendra Mohan Kamble (31), who was in one of the auto-rickshaws, was injured and rushed to a government hospital where doctors declared him dead on arrival, they said, reported PTI.</p>
<p>An occupant of the other auto-rickshaw also received serious injuries and was undergoing treatment at the hospital, the police said.</p>
<p>The Kasarvadavali police detained the underage driver and registered an FIR against him under relevant provisions of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita and the Motor Vehicles Act, they said.</p>
<p>The traffic police later removed the damaged truck and the auto-rickshaws with the help of a towing vehicle and restored smooth traffic flow on the road.</p>
<p><strong>(With inputs from PTI)</strong></p><p>
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Thane accident: Three persons were killed and 15 others injured when an auto-rickshaw hit a bus and some other vehicles on a highway

Thane accident: Auto-rickshaw crash kills 3, injures 15

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The accident took place at 4.15 am on the Mumbai-Agra highway near Khinavli bridge at Ghoteghar village in Shahapur taluka, the police officials said

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