Latur, March 4: Six persons were killed in two separate accidents involving motorcycles in central Maharashtra’s Latur district, police said on Saturday.
Nine sheep, being carried in a pick-up tempo, were also killed in one of the incidents.
Four men were killed on the spot on Friday night when the motorcycle they were riding was hit by a speeding tempo truck coming from the opposite direction in Latur tehsil, said a police official.
The accident took place near Jod Jawala village.
The deceased were heading towards Kalamb, the official said.
A team of Gategaon police station reached the spot and took the bodies to the Latur government hospital, said sub-inspector Nandkishor Kamble.
Hours earlier, two motorbike riders died in a similar accident near Omarga Pati on Shiroor Tajband-Mukhed in Ahmedpur tehsil, a local police official said. (PTI)
