7 Goa-bound Maharashtra youths die in crash in Belagavi

BELAGAVI: Seven youths from Maharashtra heading towards Goa died in a road accident after one of the tyres of their SUV burst and the vehicle crashed into a truck in Belagavi around Sunday noon.
Police said the team of seven was from Aurangabad and the accident occurred near Srinagar Garden here on Pune-Bengaluru National Highway.
SUV suffered tyre burst
The seven youths left Aurangabad in a Mahindra SUV on Saturday and visited the deity of Mahalakshmi in Kolhapur on Sunday morning before heading towards Belagavi.The SUV suffered a tyre burst and turned wobbly, before jumping the median and ramming a truck coming in the opposite direction.
Five of them died instantly, and two at KLE Hospital here. The deceased have been identified as Nandu Pawad, 28, Amol Nile, 26, Suresh Kanhere, 29, Amol Chavare, 26, Mahesh Chavare, 28, Mahesh Padale, 25, and Gopal Patil, 27. The car was completely damaged in the accident. Roadtrip selfies posted by the youths on Facebook are viral on social media.