Lokmat News Network
Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar
A 17-year-old girl died and her father was seriously injured after a container truck collided with their motorcycle on Friday at around 4.30 pm near the Shivna river bridge at Dhoregaon on the Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar- Ahilyanagar highway.
The deceased, Tejal Pradhan, was a diploma engineering student. Her father, Kakasaheb Girjaba Pradhan (46) of Ambelohal, is undergoing treatment in Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar after initial care at the Gangapur sub-district hospital. Police said the duo was travelling to Bagadi village when the container, coming from the opposite direction, hit their motorcycle. Tejal was declared dead at the hospital. A case has been registered against an unidentified container driver. Tejal had scored 94 per cent in Class 10 and was studying Electrical Engineering at Government Polytechnic, Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar. She had returned home a day earlier after her final examination.