Maharashtra: Motorcyclist crushed to death as cement mixer truck topples in Pune
A motorcyclist was killed after a cement mixer truck overturned and crushed his two-wheeler in Maharashtra`s Pune city shortly after midnight on Wednesday, police said, reported PTI. The incident occurred around 12.30 am near a hospital at Navale Bridge in the Narhe area on the Katraj-Bavdhan route, reported PTI. The cement mixer truck suddenly overturned while negotiating a turn at the Navale chowk and fell onto the motorcycle, crushing the rider underneath, officials from Narhe police station said. The motorcyclist, identified as Rameshwar Machhindra Bhogale (31), a resident of Katraj and originally from Beed district, died on the spot, the police said, reported PTI. The truck driver, Gorakh Laxman Ransure (50), sustained minor head injuries and was taken for medical treatment, they said, reported PTI. The police later removed the vehicles from the spot and restored traffic movement on the stretch. Six killed as car collides with motorcycle in Jalgaon In another incident, six persons were killed and one was injured after a speeding car collided with a motorcycle in Maharashtra`s Jalgaon district on Tuesday …
