Chandrapur: A senior citizen was killed and three others were seriously injured because the car was fast out of control and crashing into a shop in the weekly market in Saoli on Thursday afternoon.
The victim has been identified as Mohurle’s Markandi (70), a resident of Khedi Village, while trio injured critically was being treated at the Gadchiroli civil hospital.
Thursday was when the weekly market was established at the Tehsil Headquarters in Saoli and there was a large crowd on the market, because people throughout Tehsil came to the weekly exhibition.
The source said that the driver of the car from Sindola Village along Jalan Saoli-Mat lost control.
The car crashed into a fruit vendor kiosk on the side of the road and hit four people standing there.
The car then continues to destroy the kiosk and upside down.
Who was injured in a hurry to the Rural Hospital of Saoli, where Mahurle Markandi gave up on his injury while undergoing treatment.
The other three were injured critically rushed to a civil hospital in Gadchiroli for emergency treatment, officials said.
The source said that while the local government has provided space elsewhere for the market, vendors are still on the old bazaar along the road along the road.