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Maha: Speeding truck overturns in Nashik, mother & 2 children crushed to death under bricks

Nashik, Jan 14 (UNI) In a tragic road accident, a truck carrying cement bricks overturned on the Chandwad-Manmad road in Nashik today, resulting in death of a woman and her two children on the spot.
According to the information received, a truck carrying cement blocks (bricks) was coming from Manmad towards Chandwad. The truck overturned on the road this morning. The accident was so severe that a woman and her two young children lost their lives.
The police immediately launched a rescue operation and admitted the injured to the sub-district hospital in Chandwad for treatment. The police cleared the overturned truck and the cement blocks from the road, restoring normal traffic flow.
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