Pune, April 26 -- One person was killed and three others were injured on Saturday in a head-on collision between a car and a tipper truck at Bankarphata, near Otur, in Maharashtra's Pune district.

The deceased identified as Ananta Banaji Gawari (52), a Junnar nayab tehsildar, was travelling in the car along with staff members when a tipper truck from the opposite direction allegedly rammed into it, police said. The accident occurred around 2.30pm on a narrow stretch of road at an S-curve.

According to police, Gawari succumbed to his injuries, while the car driver and a senior clerk sustained serious injuries. Bhimrao Korde (35), another occupant suffered minor injuries to his head and fingers and was the one who informed the police.

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