Pune, 25 May

(HS): Eight travellers died as a Scorpio SUV (Sports Utility Vehicle) fell 1,000

foot ravine around 2.30 am on Monday, in Ambenali Ghat on

Poladpur-Mahabaleshwar road in Maharashtra’s Raigad District. All of them were

residents of Satara and were going from Dapoli to Satara. The cause of the

accident is being investigated.

The rescue

operation could not be started immediately due to darkness. The vehicle belong

to Asgaon village in Koregaon tehsil of Satara district.

The deceased

have been named as – Ansh Sameer Chavan (19), r/o Borgaon, Chiplun Tehsil,

Ratnagiri District; Ritesh Rajendra Lokhande (22), r/o Asgaon, Suhas Jitendra

Lokhande (20) r/o Asgaon, Utkarsha Anand Shingte (21), r/o Mardhe, Nikhil Abhimanyu

Shingte (25) r/o Mardhe; Mahesh Anil Pawar (25), r/o Asgaon; Aditya Ashok

Salunkhe (21), r/o Asgaon, and Rajesh Ashok Katkar (35), r/o Khatav (all from

Satara district).

DCM Sunetra Pawar: Deputy Chief Minister Sunetra Pawar has condoled the

death of 8 youngsters from Satara in the accident in Ambenali Ghat and also

deaths in six deaths Lalit Ghat in Dhule district in road accident.

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Hindusthan Samachar / Ajay Vasant Mardikar