PUNE: Two men on a motorcycle were killed in a hit-and-run accident on the Pune-Mumbai highway near Talegaon Dabhade on Sunday.
The accident occurred at Somatane Phata around 1.30am on Sunday. The Talegaon Dabhade police have identified the deceased as Akash Kamble (30) and Rohit Ovhal (31), both residents of Lonavla. Sub-inspector Aniket Hivarkar of the Talegaon Dabhade police told TOI that the victims were cousins. On Saturday night, the duo had gone to Somatane to attend a relative’s birthday party.
“Around 1.30am on Sunday, while the duo were returning to Lonavla, their motorcycle was hit by an unknown vehicle in front of a hospital at Somatane Phata,” he said.
He added that the duo were not wearing helmets. They died due to multiple injuries. They were immediately taken to a hospital, where the doctors declared them as dead. “We have booked the driver of an unknown vehicle for negligent driving,” Hivarkar said.
