India, May 25 -- A 10-year-old girl lost her life while her parents sustained injuries in a road accident on the Pune-Mumbai Highway in the Ravet area of Pune. The family was returning home on a motorcycle when the accident took place on May 19, police said.

According to police officials, the incident occurred around 4.30 pm near Swami Hotel on the Pune-Mumbai National Highway close to the Bapdev Maharaj bridge in Ravet. The deceased girl suffered severe head and chest injuries in the crash and later died in the hospital.

Police said the family was travelling on a scooter when an SUV, allegedly driven rashly by the accused, rammed into them. The accused driver has been identified as Prashant Yashwant Mhatre, 45, a resident of Vashi in R...