India, Nov. 13 -- At least eight people were killed and 15 others injured when two trucks collided, trapping a car between them, on Pune's Navale Bridge on Thursday afternoon, media reports said.

Shocking visuals from the scene show one of the trucks engulfed in flames, while photos reveal the mangled remains of the four-wheeler crushed between the heavy vehicles.

The accident caused a complete traffic standstill on the national highway, leading to a massive jam stretching several kilometres.

The Pune crash comes close on the heels of another major road accident in Tamil Nadu's Ariyalur district, where a truck carrying over 100 LPG cylinders overturned earlier this week, triggering a massive fire and a chain of explosions.

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