Vasai couple killed in road accident while holidaying in Philippines

A Vasai couple from Maharashtras Palghar district was killed in an accident while vacationing in the Philippines church authorities said on Tuesday reported news agency PTIGerald Pereira 50 and his wife Priya 46 were riding a twowheeler in Badian Philippines on May 10 when a truck hit them and they rammed into an electric police the chief priest of St Thomas Church in Vasai told PTIHe said the Vasai couple resided in the Sandor areaPriya died on the spot while Gerald sustained critical injuries and succumbed during treatment at a hospital in the Southeast Asian country reported PTIThe Vasai couple is survived by their son and teenage daughter Further details regarding the repatriation of their remains were awaited the church authorities statedHyderabad couple on way to Shirdi killed in cartruck collisionIn another incident a couple from Hyderabad died and five persons including three children were injured when their car collided with a truck on the SolapurDhule highway in Jalna district of Maharashtra police said on Monday reported PTIThe victims were travelling to the holy town of Shirdi when the accident occurred around 1130 PM on Sunday in Ambad tehsilThe deceased duo was identified as G Ram 42 and his wife G Madhuri 39 reported PTIThe impact of the collision was so severe that the car was completely mangled making rescue operations challenging for local people and police The police had to bring a JCB machine to extricate bodies an official saidThe five injured passengers including three children were rushed to the Government Medical College and Hospital GMCH in Chhatrapati SambhajinagarThe injured persons have been identified as Shrivani 41 Anusha 17 Meghna 12 Rushikesh 7 and Nagesh Rao 45 all residents of Hyderabad reported PTIThe driver of the truck fled from the spot leaving the vehicle behind police saidOne killed as truck rams into twowheeler in ThaneMeanwhile one person was killed after a truck hit a twowheeler in Maharashtras Thane city a civic official said on MondayThe accident occurred near Kapurbawdi Bridge around 10 pm on Sunday the official saidThe truck lost control and rammed into a scooter throwing off the rider who died on the spot said Yasin Tadvi the chief of the civic disaster management cellWith inputs from PTIatOptionskeyd0ddb8ef8f1a62a8cdd22fac27fc5ea7formatiframeheight90width728params