Six dead in SUV-truck collision near Yavatmal, Maharashtra

Six persons -- five women and a man -- were killed as the car in which they were travelling collided head-on with a truck near village Hiwri, 20 km from Yavatmal in Maharashtra, today.
Two others -- identified as Arun Vanjari and Devidas Fulkar -- were injured seriously and rushed to the Government Medical College hospital here. The deceased were yet to be identified, police said.
The victims were travelling in an SUV from village Randale of Kamptee to Nanded while the truck was heading towards West Bengal via Nagpur from village Sangola of Satara district.
Impact of the collision was such that the SUV was flung into a canal over 50 feet away.

Superintendent of Police Raj Kumar who visited the site said police were trying to identify the deceased. The bodies were shifted to the mortuary of GMC Hospital.