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Driver, cleaner of truck die in eway accident

Pune: The

driver

and the cleaner of a snag-hit pickup truck were fatally knocked down by a four-wheeler in the early hours of Tuesday near their stationary vehicle on the service lane of Pune-Mumbai expressway at Shirgaon, about 36km from the city.

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The Talegaon Dabhade police identified the deceased as Shaikh Abbas Mehmood Ali (30) of Kurla (West) and Abu Bakur Qureshi (35) of Sakinaka in Mumbai. The truck loaded with batteries was heading towards Pune.

Police said the two got down from their snag-hit vehicle and were walking along the service lane towards Shirgaon in search of a mechanic, when the other vehicle, also heading towards Pune, hit them.


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