India, April 27 -- Junnar Nayab Tehsildar Ananta Banaji Gawari (52) was killed in a head-on collision between a car and a truck at Bankar Phata near Otur in Pune district on Saturday afternoon.

The accident occurred around 2.30 pm at a sharp S-curve near Ganpati Phata. Gawari was travelling in a car with staff members after distributing invitation cards for a May 1 programme to local MPs and MLAs. The group was returning to the Junnar office when the mishap took place.

Police said a speeding truck coming from the opposite direction allegedly rammed into the car due to rash and negligent driving.

The impact was severe, and Gawari and the car driver, Vijay Khartode, a senior clerk in the tehsildar's office, were seriously injured. Both w...