3 dead, 6 injured in head-on collision between 2-wheeler and pickup vehicle on Agra–Mumbai highway

BARWANI: At least three people, including a woman, were killed and six others injured in a head-on collision between a two-wheeler and a pickup vehicle on the Agra–Mumbai National Highway, under the Thikri police station area in Barwani district.Incharge SP Barwani Dheeraj Babbar told TOI that a two-wheeler carrying 2 riders came from the wrong side on AB Road late Thursday and collided head-on at Golanjya Phata with a pickup vehicle carrying labourers. The pickup vehicle overturned after the collision, he said.The 2 motorcycle riders, identified as Vinod Mujalde (19) and Rajesh Mujalde (22), both residents of Raswa village under Balakwada police station, Khargone district, and Roshni Sastre (20), a resident of Samartalai under Thikri police station who was sitting in the pickup vehicle, died on the spot.Two women, Roshni Dawar (19) and Kesari Bai (42), both residents of Samartalai village, were seriously injured and were referred to the district hospital, Barwani, for advanced treatment.Four other occupants of the pickup vehicle received minor injuries. They were identified as Lalita Dawar (17), Sharmila (30), Hiralal (30), and Bablu (18). The labourers were returning after construction work, with a mixer machine laden on the pickup vehicle.Police reached the spot after receiving information and initiated further investigation. The bodies were sent on Friday for post-mortem examination, and a case was registered.