Bidar: Holi turned tragic for families of four persons who were killed on the spot after the bike on which they were travelling collided head on with a mini truck coming from the opposite direction near Kamalnagar town in Aurad taluk of the distrit.
According to the police, the four deceased hail from the neighboring Udgir town in Maharastra. They have been identified as Madhav Vardale (18) and Umesh Patil (22) of Hanuman Nagar, Digambar Ghatode (30) of Bidar gate area and Santhosh Gaikwad (30) from Datta Nagar.
The four were heading towards Marur village in Bhalki taluk to celebrate Holi with their friends. While negotiating a sharp curve at Kamalnagar, their motorcycle hit the mini truck coming from the opposite direction, sources informed.
The scene of the accident was horrific as three of the four victims came under the front of wheels of canter while one of the pillion riders was thrown a few metres away from the vehicles due tto the collision.
Traffic movement was hit as vehicles remained stranded for hours on both directions on the busy stretch of the inter-state highway connecting Bidar to Nanded via Udgir.