5 people killed in accident involving 3 vehicles in Amalner in Jalgaon

JALGAON: Five people died and two others sustained injuries in a collision involving a sedan, a state transport (ST) bus, and a motorcycle on the Amalner-Dhule highway near Mangrul village on Tuesday morning.

According to Deputy Superintendent of Police (DySP) Vinayak Kote, the accident occurred at approximately 7 am. A sedan and a motorcycle were traveling from Dhule toward Amalner when the sedan struck the motorcycle from behind. Following the initial impact, the sedan collided with an oncoming ST bus.

The collision resulted in the deaths of two persons including a woman, riding the motorcycle. Inside the sedan, which carried four occupants, three passengers, including a woman died at the scene while the driver sustained injuries. One passenger on board the ST bus also suffered minor injuries.

Hearing the sound of the impact of the collision of three vehicles, local rsidents rushed to the spot for providing help and shifting the victims to nearby hospital.

Highway traffic was disrupted for some time after the accident but has since resumed after police cleared the vehicles from the roadway, said DySP Kote. The Amalner-Dhule is a single road without a road divider.