The truck driver allegedly fled after the accident. Nashik: Three cousins were killed after a speeding truck crashed head-on into their hatchback on Girna river bridge near Jalgaon ’s Bambhori village on Sunday night.
Based on a complaint lodged by their relative, Jalgaon taluka police have registered a case against truck driver Anupam Prajapati, a resident of Budhanpur in Uttar Pradesh’s Azamgarh district, under sections 105 (culpable homicide not amounting to murder), 281 ( rash driving ), 125 (act endangering life or personal safety of others) and other relevant provisions of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita and the Motor Vehicles Act. The group left Zurkheda around 4pm, reached Vanoli by 6pm and started their return journey at around 7.30pm.”
Citing the complaint, assistant inspector Nayan Patil of Jalgaon Taluka police station said, “Eight relatives and close friends from Zurkheda had travelled to Vanoli village in Yawal taluka to attend a religious feast, locally known as a bhandara.