Four young cricketers die in unfortunate accident on Sunday

Cricket has seen some heartbreaks and misfortunes during the game. With players being out with career-ending injuries and death as well. One such incident again happened but this time out of the field, with four cricketers who died and five others were seriously being injured when the minibus in which they were travelling collided with a truck near Shinganapur in Nandgaon Khandeshwar tehsil in Maharashtra. As per the reports, the cricketers were travelling for a tennis ball cricket tournament.  

They were travelling to Yavatmal. They boarded the bus at Amravati. Around 7 am on Sunday, their minibus had a collision with a concrete mixer truck, killing four youngsters on the spot. The names of the dead persons have been reported Shrihari Raut, Zyush Bahale, Suyash Ambarte and Sandesh Padar. The injured cricketers, Prajwal Buche, Laukik Paymase, Mayur Nagpure, Mangesh Pande and Harish Dhage were taken to government and private hospitals for treatment.

The other passengers named, Bhushan Pivaskar, Prajwal Koche, Pranay Yevatikar, Dhiraj Raut, Vedant Akhare, Saurabh Kumre, Om Atalkar, Hariom Lunge, Bhushan Padar, Jai Deshmukh, Akshay Chaudhary, Sanket Chavade, Aniruddh Akre, Subodh Dahake, and Rahil Katre suffered minor injuries as per the report by the police. 

Four persons died: Superintendent of Police

After the incident, locals crowded the spot and with the help of the police, they took the injured people to the government hospital of Nandgaon Khandeshwar for treatment. Some injured students were also admitted to a private hospital in Amravati who are in critical condition. As per the SP, "Four persons died, while 10 sustained injuries and have been hospitalised. The truck driver has been arrested." 

Last month, two students lost their lives and 15 others were critically injured after a school bus collided with a coal-laden truck in Rajasthan's Pali region. The horrific tragedy occurred on the National Highway when the bus carrying 52 school pupils was on its way to Shikarpur. At least 11 pupils, three teachers, and the bus driver were injured in the collision and taken to Sheoganj District Hospital for treatment.