<p>The police said that the five labourers, among them a minor, were killed when a tipper truck unloaded sand on their temporary shed at a construction site on Saturday, reported news agency PTI.</p>
<p>The incident occurred in the wee hours of the day at the site of a bridge project at Pasodi-Chandol in Jafrabad tehsil, an official said, reported PTI.</p>
<p>He said the labourers were sleeping in a makeshift shed at the site when a sand-laden tipper arrived, and the truck driver, unaware of their presence, unloaded the contents on the shed, burying them.</p>
<p>According to sources, the shed collapsed under the weight of the sand, and the truck driver fled the scene.</p>
<p>The official said a girl and a woman were rescued from the debris.</p>
<p>He said a case has been registered, and efforts are underway to trace the driver.</p>
<p>The deceased have been identified as Ganesh Dhanwai (60) and his son Bhushan Dhanwai (16), both residents of Golegaon in Sillod tehsil, and Sunil Sapkal (20), a resident of <a href="https://www.mid-day.com/mumbai/mumbai-news/article/maharashtra-transport-minister-pratap-sarnaik-visits-karnataka-explores-state-transport-model-23476804" target="_blank" rel="none noopener">Padmavati</a> in Jafrabad tehsil, reported PTI.</p>
<p>He said the identity of the other two victims was yet to be ascertained.</p>
<h2>Maharashtra: One killed, five seriously injured after truck rams into vehicles on highway in Nashik</h2>
<p>The police on Saturday said that a woman was killed, and five others were seriously injured after a truck crashed into vehicles in the <a href="https://www.mid-day.com/mumbai/mumbai-news/article/two-women-killed-as-truck-overturns-in-pune-road-accident-23471522" target="_blank" rel="none noopener">ghat section</a> of a national highway in Maharashtra's Nashik district, reported news agency PTI.</p>
<p>The accident involving seven to eight vehicles occurred at Rahud ghat on the Mumbai-Agra Highway near Chandwad around 10 pm on Friday, an official said, reported PTI.</p>
<p>He said that as per preliminary reports, the brakes of a truck heading towards Mumbai failed on a slope, and it crashed into seven to eight vehicles, including cars and trucks.</p>
<p>The official said a 45-year-old woman in one of the cars was killed, five others were seriously injured, and a few persons sustained minor injuries in the accident, reported PTI.</p>
<p>He said the injured persons were rushed to <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">Chandwad sub-district hospital</a>, reported PTI.</p>
<p>The official said the traffic came to a standstill on the highway for some time, and the situation normalised by morning.</p>
<p><strong>(With inputs from PTI)</strong></p><p>
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