Two killed, 1 hurt in mishap near Buldhana

Nagpur, Dec 24 (UNI) Two persons were killed and another injured seriously after the motorcycle they were riding on was hit by an oncoming van near Deulgaon Mahi in Buldhana district of Maharashtra today.

Sheikh Nissar Sheikh Tahir (28), Sheikh Sameer Sheikh Ameer, both residents of Deulgaon Mahi, and Sheikh Haroon Sheikh Hamid (35), a resident Jalna district in Marathwada region of the state, were on way to Deulgaon Raja when the speeding van, coming from the opposite direction, smashed them this morning, police said. All of them were hurt seriously and they were rushed to a local hospital.

Tahir and Hamid later succumbed to their injuries in the hospital, while Ameer is battling for his life, police said, adding that the van driver, Inder Hiwale, has been arrested.

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