Three killed, nine injured in road mishap

Monday, May 22, 2006, 19:38 [IST]

Nashik, May 22 (UNI) At least three people, including two women, were killed and nine others injured when the vehicle in which they were travelling fell into a gorge in Bokardara village of the district today.

According to police, the mishap occurred when the Tata Sumo fell into the gorge after it was hit by a speeding truck while going to Aurangabad from Mumbai.

Eleven caterers including two women were travelling in the Sumo t organise feast at a wedding function. The two women caterers and the Sumo driver died on the spot.

Meanwhile, the injured have been admitted to a rural hospital in the Nifad tehsil here.

A case has been registered and police has launched a search for the absconding truck driver.

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