Three of Dhule family killed as pickup hits car near Tingri in Malegaon taluka

A family returning after meeting a prospective groom for their daughter's marriage was struck by tragedy on the way home. A speeding pickup rammed the car of the Mane family of Tisgaon-Dhandane village in Dhule taluka near Tingri village in Malegaon taluka. The parents and their young daughter all died on the spot.

According to the information available, Raju Mane of Tisgaon-Dhandane wanted to find a match for his daughter. The family had gone to Nandgaon, where a meeting with the prospective groom had been arranged. The event went off in a warm and cheerful atmosphere. Everything had gone as they had hoped, and the family set out from Nandgaon for home in good spirits.

On the way back they had taken the Kusumba road via Dahidi. Near Vanapat Phate, close to Tingri village in Malegaon taluka, a pickup tried to overtake another vehicle. While overtaking, the driver lost control, and the speeding pickup crashed straight into the Mane family's car.

The impact was so severe that the car was completely crushed. Raju Mane, his wife Balabai Mane and their daughter Bhatabai Mane, all travelling in the car, died on the spot.

The family had left home with dreams of a new and important chapter in their daughter's life. The house where only a few hours earlier there had been talk of wedding preparations and happiness has lost three members at once. The entire area is in deep shock.

Tisgaon-Dhandane village has been left numb. Villagers are finding it hard to bear the sudden loss of the head of the household, his wife and their young daughter, and every eye is moist. There is great sorrow that a funeral procession had to be taken out before the wedding pavilion could even be put up. Grief has spread across Dhule taluka at the deaths of three members of one family.

On hearing of the accident, local residents and police reached the spot. Police took the three bodies into custody and sent them to hospital for post-mortem examination. Police are investigating the case further.