Pune:Six people were killed in a collision between an SUV and a car in Solapur district of Maharashtra on Sunday, a police official said. The accident occurred at 4.30 pm near Penur village on the Pandharpur-Mohol highway, he said.
Two vehicles, a Scorpio and a Maruti Celerio, collided head-on near Penur, killing six people on the spot while several others were injured. A doctor, his wife and their two children were among the six to die in the tragic accident. "Due to some road-related work going on at a particular stretch of the highway, vehicles are currently plying only one side there. A sports utility vehicle (SUV), which was trying to overtake another vehicle at that spot collided with a car coming from the opposite direction," inspector Ashok Saikar of Mohol police station said.