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Maha: Elderly pedestrian killed, 1 injured in road accident in Kolhapur

Kolhapur, Apr 26 (UNI) A 70-year-old man was killed on the spot and another one was seriously injured after a speeding car hit them from behind while walking on the road in Hanuman nagar locality of Shiye village in Karveer tehsil of the district on Saturday evening.
According to sources in Karveer police, a speeding car ran over an old man and another person, who were walking by roadside, at Shiye village.
In this incident, the elderly man was killed on the spot while another pedestrian was seriously injured.
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