By PTI
MUMBAI: At least 5 individuals have been killed and 4 others critically injured after a truck hit a stationary milk tanker in north Maharashtra’s Jalgaon district early on Friday, a police official mentioned.
The accident passed off round 4 am on Muktainagar-Malkapur Road, over 450 kms from right here, he mentioned.
“The milk tanker that was heading to Jalgaon from neighbouring Dhule district had taken a halt on the highway attributable to some technical snag.
The firm had despatched one other tanker to the spot and the work of transferring the milk was on,” the official mentioned.
Just when the employees have been engaged within the milk switch course of, a dashing truck hit the tanker, during which 5 individuals have been killed on the spot and 4 sustained severe accidents, he mentioned.
All the injured have been rushed to a state-run hospital for remedy, the official mentioned, including {that a} case is being registered on this connection.
