Seven killed in auto-truck collision

AURANGABAD: Seven people, all residents of Aurangabad, were killed when the autorickshaw they were travelling in was hit by a speeding truck coming from the opposite direction near Dhakephal on the Paithan-Aurangabad road in the early hours of Wednesday.
The police said that the seven people had gone to attend a religious function at Navgaon in Paithan taluka on Tuesday.They had begun their journey from Navgaon around 5 am on Wednesday when the accident took place. The police said that six of them died on the spot while another succumbed to his injuries at the government medical college and hospital.
The victims have been identified as Mohammad Saleem Abdul Razzaq (75), Abdul Kareem Abdul Razzaq (72), Mohammad Irfan Mohammad Nizam (35), Haneef Mohammed Pattiwale (75), Mohammad Iqbal Mohammed Nizam (32) and Shaikh Naseruddin (20), all residents of Karim Colony, Roshan Gate, and Abdul Qadeer Abdul Qadar (45) of Babar Colony.
The truck driver, who had fled the scene after the accident, was later arrested by the Paithan MIDC police.