4 killed in three road accidents

Nashik: Four people, including two teenagers and a senior citizen, were killed in three road accidents in rural parts of Nashik district on Tuesday.

According to police, two 18-year-old boys were killed when their scooter was hit by an unidentified vehicle in Savargaon village of Yeola.

The deceased were identified as Siddharth Pagare of Nandgaon and Praniket Ubale of Yeolaescaped from the scene without informing anyone about the accident .

A 70-year-old woman ,Kalyabai Karbhari Wagh, when the car she was travelling in hit a road divider in Pimpalgaon. The driver, Vyankatesh Pagare of Cidco, has been booked for rash and negligent.

In yet another accident, a 55-year-old bicycle rider, Nandu Damale, of Bhatwadi in Sinnar taluka, died when hot asphalt in a truck-tanker fell on him on the Ghoti-Sinnar Road in the afternoon.

The tanker skidded off the road and fell. Damle who was right in front of the tanker fell into a nullah along the road. The lid of the tanker opened and the asphalt fell on him, following which he died.