A tragic hit-and-run on a Thane highway has claimed the lives of two young men, prompting a police investigation to find the unidentified driver responsible.
In a hit-and-run incident, two youths were killed after an unidentified vehicle crashed into their two-wheeler on a highway in Maharashtra's Thane district on Wednesday, police said.
The incident occurred around 8 AM at Atgaon on the Mumbai-Agra highway.
"The two victims, identified as Harshal Kamble (19) and Deep Behre (18) were travelling on a two-wheeler towards Nashik. A speeding vehicle coming from behind violently dashed against their vehicle," an official from the Shahapur police station stated.
He said the duo was thrown off the two-wheeler onto the highway and died on the spot, he added.
"Police have registered a case against the unidentified vehicle driver under relevant sections of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS) and the Motor Vehicles Act," the official said.
Nobody has been arrested so far, and a search is on for the driver who fled the scene.