The driver of a car travelling from Mumbai to Gujarat lost control of the vehicle, causing it to collide with a road divider and smash into a tempo in Amgaon village, Talasari tehsil, late Monday night.
According to a Talasari police station officer, all three of the car’s occupants as well as the tempo driver died at the scene.
In a similar accident near the same spot, a car rammed into a tempo on Tuesday afternoon, he said.
Two of the car occupants were killed, he said.
The police have registered cases in connection with the two incidents under relevant provisions of the Indian Penal Code and the Motor Vehicles Act.