Four members of a family including a two-year-old girl were killed when their car was hit by a container truck parked negligently on the Ahmednagar-Pune highway on Tuesday afternoon, police said.
The deceased were identified as Sudam Bhondhve (66), Sindhubai (60), Kartiki Ashwin Bhondhve (30) and Anandi Ashwin Bhondhve (02), all residents of Domari in Patoda tehsil of Beed.
Another member of the family who was driving the car sustained injuries.
“The family was heading towards Pune. Near Karegaon (in Pune district), it hit the container which was parked on the road in a way that obstructed traffic. All four passengers of the car died on the spot,” said a police officer from Shirur police station.
Further probe is on, he said.
Sudam Bhondve ran a residential school in Beed district, he said.
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