Two persons, including a woman, were killed while two suffered serious injuries after the multi-utility vehicle (MUV) they were travelling in veered off the Mumbai-Pune expressway and crashed into a tree in Lonavla in the early hours of Saturday. The Lonavla rural police identified the deceased persons as Kamal Dagdu Patole (50) of Ulhasnagar and Rahul Shinnu Nanaware (25) of Shahpur in Thane district.
The injured persons were Bhushan Sandeep Patole (15) and Sureshbhau Tarmade, the driver. Their condition was said to be critical.