<p>A 32-year-old woman was killed and her husband injured when their car caught fire after an accident in Maharashtra's Jalna district on Friday, police said.</p>.<p>The incident took place at Karla in Mantha tehsil of the district in the early hours of the day, an official said.</p>.<p>Amol and Savita Solunkhe were travelling on Lonar-Mantha road when a pick-up van hit their car from behind, inspector Sanjay Deshmukh of Mantha police station said.</p>.<p><strong>Read | <a data-ved="2ahUKEwim266dh9n_AhXtxDgGHXMQAy4QxfQBKAB6BAgHEAE" href="https://www.deccanherald.com/city/alcoholic-man-burnt-in-car-fire-lit-something-reveals-probe-1207123.html">Alcoholic man burnt in car fire lit something, reveals probe</a></strong></p>.<p>Amol immediately halted the car and stepped out to confront the driver of the pick-up van, when a blaze suddenly erupted in the four-wheeler, the official said.</p>.<p>The man made desperate attempts to open the car door and rescue his wife who was trapped inside, he said.</p>.<p>A fire brigade van was pressed into service, but the vehicle was completely charred and gutted in the blaze, the official said.</p>.<p>The woman was killed on the spot, while her husband sustained serious burn injuries in the rescue attempt and is undergoing treatment at a hospital, he said, adding that a case has been registered against the driver of the pick-up van.</p>
<p>A 32-year-old woman was killed and her husband injured when their car caught fire after an accident in Maharashtra's Jalna district on Friday, police said.</p>.<p>The incident took place at Karla in Mantha tehsil of the district in the early hours of the day, an official said.</p>.<p>Amol and Savita Solunkhe were travelling on Lonar-Mantha road when a pick-up van hit their car from behind, inspector Sanjay Deshmukh of Mantha police station said.</p>.<p><strong>Read | <a data-ved="2ahUKEwim266dh9n_AhXtxDgGHXMQAy4QxfQBKAB6BAgHEAE" href="https://www.deccanherald.com/city/alcoholic-man-burnt-in-car-fire-lit-something-reveals-probe-1207123.html">Alcoholic man burnt in car fire lit something, reveals probe</a></strong></p>.<p>Amol immediately halted the car and stepped out to confront the driver of the pick-up van, when a blaze suddenly erupted in the four-wheeler, the official said.</p>.<p>The man made desperate attempts to open the car door and rescue his wife who was trapped inside, he said.</p>.<p>A fire brigade van was pressed into service, but the vehicle was completely charred and gutted in the blaze, the official said.</p>.<p>The woman was killed on the spot, while her husband sustained serious burn injuries in the rescue attempt and is undergoing treatment at a hospital, he said, adding that a case has been registered against the driver of the pick-up van.</p>