Pune-Bengaluru Highway Accident: Four Satara Youths Killed, Three Injured Near Karad While Returning From Kolhapur Temple Visit
Karad, 21st October 2026: Four youths were killed and three others injured after the SUV they were travelling in collided with a truck on the Pune-Bengaluru highway near Karad in Satara district around 11pm on Tuesday.
The seven friends, all residents of Katarkhatav village in Khatav taluka, were returning home after visiting the Mahalaxmi (Ambabai) temple in Kolhapur for Dasara when the accident occurred.
According to the preliminary investigation by Satara police, the Scorpio SUV hit a truck on the flyover before crashing into the concrete railings and overturning. The flyover was opened to traffic barely four months ago.
The deceased have been identified as Tejas Deshmukh (25), who was driving the SUV, Sagar Nimbalkar (23), Suyesh Chinchkar (20) and Rohit Dhotre (21).
The injured — Ruturaj Dubale (21), Shantanu Shingade (20) and Aman Tamboli (23) — are undergoing treatment at Krishna Hospital in Malkapur, near Karad.
The accident has plunged Katarkhatav village into mourning.
