Overview
- A Pune-bound private bus collided head-on with a motorcycle near the Andharwad Maruti Temple on the Parbhani-Pathri Highway on Friday night, killing all four riders at the scene.
- Police identified the dead as Shubham Apparao Dahe (30), Vishnu Gore (28), Prahlad Ashokrao Kute (29) and Navnath Shamrao Jadhav (38).
- Local residents gathered after the crash and an angry crowd vandalised the private bus before police reached the spot, brought the unrest under control and cleared traffic.
- Authorities shifted the bodies to a government hospital for post-mortem, arrested the bus driver under section 106 of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita for causing death by negligence, and are recording witness and driver statements.
- Investigators are examining overspeeding and driver negligence as possible causes, and police findings could determine criminal charges and shape local calls for road-safety enforcement.