Eicher rams DJ tempo near Lasur Station

Lokmat News Network

Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar

Two youths were killed and two others injured after a speeding Eicher truck rammed into a stationary DJ tempo on the old Nagpur-Mumbai highway near Lasur Station around 3.30 am on Wednesday.

The deceased were identified as Govind Tanpure (30, Jadgaon) and Rahul Rathod (21, Kumbhephal). Police said the victims were travelling towards Lasur Station for a religious programme when they stopped near Sultanabad Shivar. An Eicher truck carrying soft drink bottles from Shendra MIDC to Dombivli crashed into the tempo from behind. Govind Tanpure and Rahul Rathod died on the spot, while the injured were admitted to a private hospital in Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar. The truck driver fled after the accident. Police personnel Dhananjay Gonde and Kautik Suradkar shifted the bodies to government medical college and hospital for post-mortem. Shillgaon police station is investigating the case.