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Three killed, 10 injured in separate road accidents near Pune

One person was killed and 13 others were injured in two separate road accidents in Maharashtra's Pune district on Monday, officials said.
Killer highway: At least 2 died, many injured in 4 different road accidents near Pune
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PUNE: Three persons were killed and 10 sustained injuries in separate accidents that happened near Pune in the early hours of Monday.
A 45-year-old man was killed and nine sustained injuries after a private bus they were travelling in crashed into a truck near Wakad on Katraj-Dehu Road bypass.
The accident happened in the early hours of Monday. The police have identified the victim as Bajrang Gaikwad.
Six passengers are being treated at a Aundh hospital while three are undergoing treatment in a private hospital.
The police said that the accident happened around 4.30am. The bus was heading towards Mumbai from Udgir in Latur district, police said.
In another accident that happened near Narhe, two persons were killed and one sustained injuries. The Sinhagad Road police said that the accident happened when a speeding truck crashed in the rear of a truck transporting liquor bottles. The police are yet to ascertain the identities of the victims.
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Mihir Tanksale

Mihir Tanksale is a senior correspondent at The Times of India, Pune, and covers crime news. He is a post-graduate in Journalism and Communication from Symbiosis Institute of Mass Communication and has been with the media since 1999. He loves Sufi music, enjoys long drives and reads books in Marathi.

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