India, March 2 -- Three persons were killed in separate road accidents reported from Khalapur, Sudhagad and Thane in Raigad district on Saturday. The police said all three incidents were related to rash and negligent driving.

According to the police, the first incident occurred in Thane when a trailer driver died after his vehicle plunged into a deep gorge around 7:10 am. The driver, a resident of Khopoli in Khalapur taluka, allegedly lost control of the trailer he was driving. The vehicle veered off the road and overturned into a valley, reportedly due to rash and negligent driving and failure to assess road conditions. He sustained fatal injuries and died on the spot. The trailer was extensively damaged.

The police said that in anothe...