Pune, Nov 10 Two persons were killed, and a 16-year-old girl was critically injured after a speeding car rammed into a motorcycle on a highway in Pune district, police said on Tuesday.
The crash occurred on Sunday night at Uruli Kanchan in Haveli taluka on the Pune-Solapur highway, they said.
Nayan Nitin Hajare (19) and his sister Tanvi were travelling towards Solapur on a motorcycle when a car hit their two-wheeler from behind, an official said.
He said the car was being driven at a high speed and the driver lost control of the vehicle.
The brother-sister duo and the car driver, Tushar alias Amar Rohidas Kunjir (23), sustained severe injuries and were rushed to a hospital, where the two men died while undergoing treatment, the official said.
Tanvi sustained serious injuries to her head, legs and abdomen, and her condition is critical, he said.
A case has been registered at the Uruli Kanchan police station under sections 281 (rash driving) and other relevant provisions of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita and the Motor Vehicles Act, the official said, adding that further probe is underway.
(PTI News)
