Two women killed by speeding pick-up tempo; man at wheel was learning to drive, say cops
Palghar (PTI): Two women were killed on Friday in Palghar district after they were hit by a pick up tempo allegedly driven by a person learning to drive the vehicle, a police official said.
The incident took place in the afternoon on Nandore-Navapada road when Lata Nilesh Tare (45) and Baby Chandrakant Jadhav (65) were returning home from a nearby market, the official said.
"Both died on the spot. They were walking on the right side of the road when the speeding pick up tempo veered from the left side and hit them following the driver losing control of the vehicle. The 24-year-old man at the wheel was learning to drive," the official said.
The driver has been taken into custody and the process of registering a case is underway, he added.
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12-year-old girl killed in lightning strike in Kerala's Idukki
Idukki (Kerala) (PTI): A 12-year-old girl died after being struck by lightning at Uruvapara here, police said on Saturday.
The deceased was identified as Nafeesathul Misriya, daughter of Afsal, a native of Cheruvelikkunnu near Perumbavoor in Ernakulam district.
According to the police, Misriya and her family reached Uruvapara to attend ‘Summerfest’, a tourism event, on Friday evening.
Police said that lightning struck Misriya. Apart from Misriya, two others were also injured in the incident.
Though Misriya was rushed to a nearby private hospital, she was declared dead, police said.
The injured persons are currently admitted to a private hospital in Thodupuzha.
Thodupuzha police have registered a case of unnatural death and initiated an investigation.
The body will be handed over to relatives after the postmortem, police added.
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