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Thane: Five persons were killed and four others injured when a milk tanker fell into a 200-feet deep valley in Kasara ghat hill section in Thane district of Maharashtra on Sunday, police said.
Prima facie, the driver of the tanker, headed towards Mumbai, lost control of the wheel while negotiating a turn, an official said, adding that further details are awaited.
"Five persons died, and four others were injured in the accident that occurred at around 3 PM. The tanker was headed towards Mumbai from Sinnar in Nashik district," a Thane rural police official said.
Personnel of rescue and disaster management teams rushed to the spot and pulled out the injured persons and bodies using ropes amid heavy rains, he said.
The bodies have been sent to a government hospital for postmortem and identification. The injured persons were rushed to a hospital in Ghoti village in private ambulances, the official said.
Further investigations are underway.