Pune: Four people, including an elderly couple and a father-daughter duo, were killed in separate road accidents in Pimpri Chinchwad and its adjoining areas on Friday. Separate cases were registered with the North Mahalunge MIDC and Dehu Road police on Saturday.In both accidents, the victims were on their way to relatives’ homes to celebrate Raksha Bandhan.Senior police inspector of North Mahalunge MIDC police station Digambar Suryavanshi told TOI that the first accident occurred around 4pm on Friday at Shinde village along the Pune-Nashik highway. Rajendra Bhor (46) and his daughter Mayuri (14), both residents of Avasari Khurd in Ambegaon taluka, died on the spot, while Bhor’s wife, Vaishali (38), sustained severe injuries.“The trio was riding a motorcycle towards Mindewadi from Avasari Budruk for Raksha Bandhan. Bhor’s son stays at Mindewadi with his maternal uncle,” Suryavanshi said.He said Bhor tried to overtake a truck from the left side on a single-lane stretch of the highway. The motorcycle skidded, throwing Bhor and his daughter under the truck’s wheels. Both died on the spot, while Vaishali sustained severe injuries.Bhor’s brother-in-law approached the police on Saturday and lodged a complaint. “We have registered a case of causing death by negligence against the truck driver,” Suryavanshi said.In the second accident, 74-year-old Siddheshwar Phutane and his 70-year-old wife, both residents of Pimpri Chinchwad, were killed after their scooter was hit by a truck. The accident occurred on Nigdi-Talawade Road on Friday morning when the couple was heading to Phutane’s sister’s house in Dehu Road for Raksha Bandhan.“They sustained head injuries in the accident and were being treated at a private hospital in Pimpri. Phutane succumbed to his injuries on Friday afternoon, while his wife died in the evening,” an officer from the Dehu Road police said.The police registered a case of causing death by negligence against the truck driver on Saturday.
