Shiv Sangram chief MLC Vinayak Mete dies in car accident

He died in car accident on Mumbai-Pune Expressway

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The Maharashtra ex-MLA received grave injuries after his SUV met with an accident

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His crushed SUV

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The former Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) legislator was admitted to the MGM Hospital in Panvel, where he succumbed to his injuries.

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Maharashtra Chief Minister Eknath Shinde and his deputy, Devendra Fadnavis, reached the MGM Hospital in Panvel.

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Police said the cause of the accident could not be ascertained.

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Vinayakrao Mete was born on June 30, 1970, in Maharashtra’s Beed.

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