Container vehicle hit bikers ended up killing three and injuring few at Terwad
Bhausaheb and Ashwini Girmal, who were returning home to Abdullat when the accident occurred, are survived by their two sons, aged 22 and 20. Our primary assumption is that the driver lost control.
Police said the container truck, travelling from Nipani in Karnataka towards Miraj in Sangli district, hit four motorcycles. The container was coming from Nipani in Karnataka and heading towards Miraj in Sangli district,” assistant police inspector Shitalkumar Doijod said. Police said the driver abandoned the vehicle and fled after it entered a roadside sugar cane field.
The victims were taken to a hospital in Kurundwad, where doctors declared the Girmal couple and Mulla dead. A woman from Terwad was critically injured. “The container vehicle, which was speeding, hit three to four bikes and ran over those travelling on them. Four people were injured. The accident cast a pall of gloom over Terwad and the villages of the deceased.