Maharashtra: Four killed after MSRTC bus crashes into motorcycle in Pune’s Junnar

Four men riding a motorcycle were killed after a Maharashtra State Road Transport Corporation MSRTC bus allegedly rammed into their vehicle in Junnar taluka of Pune district on Sunday night police saidThe accident took place near Jivandeep Hotel in Dingore village at around 8 pm on the AhilyanagarndashKalyan highway The MSRTC bus was operating on the VitthalwadindashPathardi route when it collided with the motorcycle officials saidThe deceased were identified as Ashish Dhawalu Bhale 24 Deepak Sakharam Bhale 28 Shivram Narayan Pardhi 26 and Khandu Narayan Bhale 25 all residents of Dingore village as per reportsBus driver detained FIR registeredAccording to reports the four victims were travelling from Otur towards Dingore when the accident occurred All four sustained severe injuries and died in the crashPolice have detained the bus driver and registered an FIR against him at Otur police station Further investigation into the incident is underway officials saidEight killed after SUV falls into gorge in RaigadEight people were killed after an SUV plunged into a deep gorge in Maharashtrarsquos Raigad district police said on Monday reported PTIThe accident took place in the Ambenali Ghat section on the PoladpurndashMahabaleshwar road between 5 am and 6 am on Sunday The vehicle was located in the gorge on Monday morning after relatives of the victims alerted the police when the group failed to reach their destination in Satara districtAccording to police the victims had left Harne in Dapoli around 2 am in the SUV Concern grew after they lost contact and did not arrive in Satara as expected Family members began searching for them before approaching the authorities reported PTIMobile tower data helped trace last locationDuring the investigation police tracked the victimsrsquo last known location through mobile tower data near Poladpur A search operation was subsequently launched in the Ambenali Ghat stretch where the SUV was spotted nearly 800 feet below the road in a gorge reported PTIPolice suspect the driver lost control of the vehicle while navigating the ghat section causing it to plunge into the ravineRescue teams including local disaster management personnel were deployed at the site Officials said two bodies were initially recovered while three more victims had been traced during the ongoing operation Later police confirmed that all eight occupants had died in the accidentVictims identifiedThe deceased have been identified as Ritesh Lokhande 22 Suhas Lokhande 20 Utkarsh Shingte 21 Nikhil Shingte 25 Mahesh Pawar 25 Aditya Salunkhe 21 Rajesh Katkar 35 all residents of Satara district and Ansh Chavan 19 a resident of Ratnagiri district reported PTIWith inputs from PTI