Nine injured as autorickshaw overturns in Nandurbar
Nashik, July 24 (UNI): Nine people, including three women labourers and a minor boy, were injured after an autorickshaw they were travelling in overturned near Vadali village in Shahada taluka of Nandurbar district.
The accident occurred on Tuesday when the six-seater autorickshaw carrying 17 passengers (most of them labourers) was travelling on the Vadali–Kakrda road.
The accident happened when the accelerator cable snapped and the driver lost control before it was overturned.
The injured were rushed to the rural hospital, where some of them have been released after first aid.
An eight-year-old boy was admitted to Nandurbar civil hospital for further treatment, police said, adding that a case had been registered against auto driver Ajay Dongar. Further investigation was on.
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