Pune, Nov 13 (PTI) Seven persons were killed and more than a dozen were injured after a car got crushed between two large container trucks that caught fire on a bridge along the Mumbai-Bengaluru Highway in Pune city on Thursday evening, police said.

The horrific incident took place on Navale Bridge, known as an accident-prone stretch.

"As per preliminary information, a heavy container truck was going towards Mumbai. Its driver lost control due to a suspected brake failure on the bridge, and it hit a few vehicles in its way including a mini-bus before ramming into another big container. A car was caught between these two trucks and got crushed badly," Deputy Commissioner of Police Sambhaji Kadam said.

The impact triggered a huge fire and the three vehicles got engulfed in it, he said.

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