5 dead, 6 injured as pvt vehicle collides with tanker

Pune: At least five persons, including four women, were killed and six others injured when the vehicle they were travelling in rammed into a tanker at a village near Baramati in Pune district this evening, police said.

The accident took place about 88 km from here.

The travellers had gone to Tuljapur in Osmanabad district to visit a temple and were returning to their village in Purandar taluka in Pune district, they said.

The deceased have been identified as Kiran Kudale (40), Rakhama Gaikwad (55), Swati Borawake (43), Surekha Kudale (45) and Laxmi Gaikwad (80).

The injured were rushed to a private hospital in Baramati, police said.