Two killed after car rams bike on Pune-Solapur highway at Uruli Kanchan

Two people died in a serious accident near Uruli Kanchan on the Pune-Solapur highway on Sunday night. A 19-year-old youth riding a motorcycle died on the spot. A 16-year-old girl travelling with him was seriously injured. The car driver also died in the crash.

The accident took place at about 9.30 pm on Sunday (the 8th) at Sakhare Pump Chowk on the Pune-Solapur highway, near the Sakhare petrol pump in Uruli Kanchan. One of the dead is Nayan Nitin Hazare, 19, a resident of Tupewasti in Uruli Kanchan. The other is the car driver, Tushar alias Amar Rohidas Kunjir, 23, a resident of Valati village in Haveli taluka.

According to the police, Nayan was travelling towards Solapur with his sister on a motorcycle (MH 12 LC 5526) when a speeding Verna car coming from behind hit the bike hard. The complaint states that the car driver drove negligently, which caused the accident.

Nayan died on the spot because of the force of the impact. His sister has suffered serious injuries to the head, legs and abdomen and is being treated in hospital. Both the motorcycle and the car were badly damaged.

A case has been registered at Uruli Kanchan police station. Sub-Inspector Namdev Tarde is investigating further.

Local residents say accidents keep occurring at the junctions around Uruli Kanchan, and lives are being lost. Citizens are therefore demanding that automatic signals be installed at these junctions so that no more lives are lost in such accidents.