10 killed in Maharashtra road accident

IANS  |  Nanded (Maharashtra) 

At least 10 revellers of a marriage party proceeding from to were killed and 13 others injured when their tempo crashed into a truck here on Saturday, an said.

According to Police Control Bhagwan Ade, the accident took place around 9.30 a.m. when the tempo on Latur-Mukhed road rammed into an empty sewage tanker speeding from the opposite direction.

The injured victims, all hailing from Latur's Ausa, have been rushed to hospitals, said Ade.

Efforts were underway to identify the bodies. At least eight of the victims died instantaneously in the crash, while two others succumbed to their injuries during treatment.

The condition of some of the injured was said to be critical.

--IANS

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First Published: Sat, May 12 2018. 13:10 IST