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A close aide of self-styled godman Ashok Kharat and his wife were killed after their car hit a stationary truck on the Samruddhi Expressway in Maharashtra. Their son was injured. Police have registered a case and launched a crash analysis

Victims were residents of Malad (East) in Mumbai and Buldhana district

The incident occurred on Saturday night near Bharvir toll plaza in Chandwad tehsil, the official said.

Road hypnosis is cited as one of the causes of the accidents on the six-lane wide access-controlled expressway

Meanwhile, a report by the Amravati Regional Transport Office said that a tyre burst could not have caused the accident on Samruddhi Expressway

The private travels bus was on way from Nagpur to Pune when it hit a pole and then rammed into a divider around 1.30 am near Pimpalkhuta village, police said.