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The police have arrested the driver of the water tanker which collided with a mini-bus on Pune-Ahmednagar road yesterday, killing seven persons.
All the deceased, including two women, were software professionals working with different IT firms in the city, senior police inspector Sarjerao Patil said on Monday.

Last evening, six persons died on the spot and seven others were injured when the private mini-bus in which they were travelling collided with the water tanker near Lonikand village, about 40 kms from here. One of the injured persons succumbed later at a hospital last night, Patil said. The victims were returning from a friend's wedding in Ahmednagar district.

Patil said when the mini-bus reached near Lonikand, the water tanker coming from the opposite direction veered off the road. It then rammed into the road divider, jumped on the other side of the road and collided with the mini-bus. "It seems that the water tanker was being driven in a rash and negligent manner. The tanker driver apparently lost control over the wheels following which the vehicle collided with the bus," he said.