6 killed, 22 injured in road accident

Aurangabad, Maharashtra, Apr 22 (UNI) At least six persons, including two women and two children, were killed on the spot and 22 others injured, eight of them seriously, when a vehicle carrying a marriage party collided with another vehicle coming from the opposite direction near Vaijapur town of this district late this evening.

Talking to UNI Senior Police Inspector (Aurangabad-Rural) Balaji Sontakke said the tempo carrying a marriage party had started from Niphad, a tehsil town of neighbouring Nashik district, and was on its way to Jategaon in Vaijapur tehsil, when the mishap occurred at around 2200 hrs.

Police teams from Gangapur and Vaijapur rushed to the accident site immediately.

The seriously injured have been admitted to the Government Medical College and Hospital (GMCH) while the rest have been referred to the nearby government hospitals.

UNI MPJ MAZ OM SK RAI0019